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By: Invest carefully: wind energy innovations are rarely kosher | YES! to renewables

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:46:41 +0000

[…] higher profile ‘innovation’ is Saphon, which actually got a TED spot for something that is so obviously deficient that any one remotely related to the wind industry […]

By: Invest carefully; wind energy ‘innovations’ are rarely kosher | barnard on wind

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:08:30 +0000

[...] higher profile ‘innovation’ is Saphon, which actually got a TED spot for something that is so obviously deficient that any one remotely related to the wind industry [...]

By: To Prevent Wind Turbines From Killing Birds, Add Blinds? | ccnew

To Prevent Wind Turbines From Killing Birds, Add Blinds? | ccnew — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:00:40 +0000

[...] are just the latest in a series of bird-friendly wind turbines. Tunisian startup Saphon Energy is working a bladeless design that looks like a round dish. The Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands installed a [...]

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To Prevent Wind Turbines From Killing Birds, Add Blinds? « Music RSS — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:12:56 +0000

[...] are only a latest in a array of bird-friendly breeze turbines. Tunisian startup Saphon Energy is operative a bladeless design that looks like a turn dish. The Delft University of Technology in a Netherlands installed a [...]

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Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:30:23 +0000

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By: Mike Barnard

Mike Barnard — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:46:02 +0000

Looks as if TED’s recent email to TEDx folks should be read by TED organizers. The Saphon is at best a sign of deluded principals and at worst a sign of intent to delude investors.

The patent doesn’t describe the device they have, they claim to exceed Betz’ Limit which no one has come close to and they claim much greater efficiency than other wind generation devices yet publish no numbers to back this up.

The principals have no background in wind energy yet claim miracles.

Pity that TED provided them such an excellent marketing platform. It should be removed.

http://www.quora.com/Wind-Power/Are-stationary-circular-sails-the-future-of-wind-power

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Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:04:45 +0000

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By: A Wind Turbine Safe for Wildlife! | American Solar Energy Society

A Wind Turbine Safe for Wildlife! | American Solar Energy Society — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:09:35 +0000

[...] design doesn’t need blades for the turbine to work. This techonology was released at a TEDGlobal Conference displaying a quiet turbine that doesn’t present harm to the wildlife. Not only is this [...]

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Stuff We Need: Better Wind Turbines, Part II | Fish & Bicycles — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:23:05 +0000

[...] compared to the one for the Fuller, and the fact that Saphon’s backer was featured in the 2012 TED Talk below, perhaps Saphon does have the kind of momentum needed to make the leap from concept to [...]

By: The Saphonian Wind Turbine Ditches Blades for a More Efficient and Less Expensive Design | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:10:45 +0000

[...] energy technology just got a much needed breath of fresh air. During the TEDGlobal 2012 Conference held in Edinburgh, Scotland the head of the Tunisian company Saphon Energy introduced a radical [...]