Comments on: THE MAGLEV: The Super-powered Magnetic Wind Turbine

By: joshuayoshida

joshuayoshida — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:08:29 +0000

That really cool and all…but 53$ million dollars!? To power 750 homes? I don’t know if that’s worth it. It’s great that their doing this, but I doubt it’ll be conventional until it’s alot cheaper =D

By: constant

constant — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:35:47 +0000

If your pruduct is so good and it seems to be, how come we don’t ear anymore about it ?!?! You ear about mega
projects all over the world yet all with conventionnal wind turbines. In the province of quebec alone they are taking about a project of 4000 mw. Either your product is not what it’s seem to be or you have a very poor marketing dept.

By: pragmaticus

pragmaticus — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:39:04 +0000

Perhaps the real potential of the meglev wind project is not contained within the bearings, the fin structure, or any other physical attribute, but instead with these simple ideas: A) that to solve problems of a global scale, we need to start thinking “outside the box”. B) we need to start thinking together and then working together. C:) we must realize that we cannot, must not be afraid of making a mistake…indeed mistakes are the precipatator of many advancements, for in their solving often comes new ideas.
If meglev is credible or a hoax to garner investment money matters not…for if even one person reading this blog comes up with a new twist on this idea and then through trial and error builds a different prototype….then it is all worthwhile. Never be afraid of the naysayers. Pragmaticus.

By: thkilliam

thkilliam — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:06:10 +0000

This is a proposed new product not a current one. The manufacturer involved is a Chinese producer of regular horizontal-axis turbines, and lists this new item under its “research” window. Below is the website of the company. Let’s keep an open mind and see if it pans out. “Settle down, Beavis!”

http://www.zkenergy.com/en/yfzx.asp

By: bflmpsvz

bflmpsvz — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:40:44 +0000

I am sorry, but this is complete bullshit. Why the hell should MagLev bearings rise an efficiency of wind turbine more than a few fractions of per cent? Some marketing swindler used magic word “MagLev”, and everybody feels happy that some breakthrough was achieved and clean energy is near hand. Wind turbine is not perpetuum mobile, even with MagLev support. After years, you believers will say “Energy Lobby” killed it! No. This is nonsense from the beginning. (Not wind turbines, but miracle improvement by fabulous MagLev). I am sorry. See what “Hans” and “James PG” and others say below.

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By: keipo

keipo — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:48:04 +0000

Me paerece un concepto muy bueno para producir energia y con la eficiencia que lo muestran, hoy en dia producir energia con los recursos del viento si estar dañando nuestra naturaleza es lo que necesitamos,. quisiera que dieran mas información para las personas que no tenemos los recursos economicos, y asi tambien ayudar con la investigacion. En nuestro pais tenemos el privilegio de tener todos los climas, mas de 12 horas de sol al dia, lugares donde hay viento las 24 horas, entonces me parece importante aprovechar todos estos recursos naturales para producir energia. gracias .

By: egorordo

egorordo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:31 +0000

very interesting its the solution to save No renovable energy¡¡¡¡

By: nilesh

nilesh — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 09:20:56 +0000

I am third year electric engg. student. iwant the detailed information about the internal structure of the magleve wind turbine. i hope that you will send me that.
ok
have a nice day

By: Nirendra

Nirendra — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:42:53 +0000

I am fond of technology. It will be future wind turbine with green power for the society. It will be the symbol of the green & safe environment. I will wait for the day of tremendous power received from this Maglev turbine to hte society.
Green is the best.

By: somnath

somnath — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:21:06 +0000

Maglev is an excelent piece of research to harness wind energy.through our project we would be happy to promote this technology and help a trillonath part by saving a lot of non-renewable source of energy.Congrats to all who are behind this!

By: Hans

Hans — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:53:03 +0000

Don’t believe anything you read. Some indicators that this is a hoax:
1) the company working on it was never heard before
2) the website of the company is not accessible to the public
3) no specs are available
4) there are only artist impressions available
5) anybody with some knowledge of windenergy can see that the maglev is a turbine of the drag or savonius type. This type of wind turbine has only half the aerodynamic efficiency compared to a modern propeller type wind turbine.
6) Friction of the bearings cause only a very small energy loss. It is a bit weird to put a lot of engineering effort in solving a problem that is not really a problem.
7) If something sounds too good to be true, it is generally not true.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:21:36 +0000

I read some of the posts and I didn’t see this point made. Sorry if someone said it and I didn’t see it.

I saw a lot of people pointing out the torque issue with the VAWTs. I didn’t see anyone point out the fact that this turbine is capable at operating at extremely low wind speeds. Even if these couldn’t withstand the high windspeeds that HAWTs do, they could (possibly) still be installed in areas with lower windspeeds and achieve higher efficiency than both hawts and vawts.

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By: James PG

James PG — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:28:15 +0000

What a scam! The official site is also nothing else than a phishing site directed to deceive those with the IQ of a dodo. If it’s for real, someone should contact me asap coz im seriously interested in buying one myself…and would still be interested in buying one if it generates only a ‘meagre’ 500MW of clean energy…

If I’m contacted via this site, i’ll travel to wherever anyone can prove that i can see one of these turbines being built to secure a puchase immediately. If I buy one, rest assured my partners will buy too…Until then i suggest no-one wastes more time fantasizing about the wonders of science fiction

I’m eagerly awaiting a reply from these con artists!