As I was driving up the 427 on my way to work this morning I started thinking about the two wind turbines that Zeller’s has installed at their Cloverdale Mall store – and more specifically why there aren’t more small scale installations. The two turbines at Zeller’s seem to always be spinning, which means they are always generating clean, free energy.
As I continued my drive up the highway I realized that the skyline is already littered with towers suitable for small turbines – the light standards. Imagine a little wind turbine integrated into every light standard along the highway, capable of providing enough electricity to power that light. And if we went through a wind drought the lights would be powered by the grid. Remember that a turbine generates electricity all day and night, as long as there is wind.
Put a cylinder turbine on top of, or integrated into the tower of each standard – a turbine like this one:
That’s a great idea Chris, and wind might not be needed, the air flow created by 1000′s of vehicles flying by at 100+k could be enough to spin these turbines.