Innovative wind turbine prototype features aerospace technology
Wilbraham, MA-based FloDesign Wind Turbine, a spin-off from the aerospace and defense company, FloDesign, is building a full-scale prototype for demonstration, a 12ft diameter, 10KW turbine. According to MIT Technology Review, the company intends to build turbines as large as one megawatt, yet it is unclear how much it will cost to build and maintain the turbine before it goes to market.
FloDesign Wind Turbine has raised several million dollars of venture financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, the massive U.S. private equity firm that Al Gore joined as a partner late last year.
According to FloDesign president Stanley Kowalski, the new technology has vast potential to bring wind power to areas where it is currently impractical.
More on FloDesign:
westernmassedc.com — FloDesign Has Innovation Down to a Science
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