I have lived aboard my sailboat for 18 years and have installed wind generators on sailboats in my work as a marine electrician. When asked, I usually recommend AGAINST them - for many of the same reasons mentioned in your video. In my experience, they produce FAR lower amounts of energy than claimed by the manufacturers, they generally only produce usable energy between 12 and 18 knots of wind, most are poorly built and balanced and thus produce terrible noise. Most owners keep them for 1-2 years before they are destroyed in high winds or they are discarded as useless. Your furling idea is terrific! I love the idea that it will keep producing usable power in higher winds. This is precisely the use-case that boaters need. Most of us have solar panels for sunny, calm days but we need power generation for the two and three-day weather fronts that pass through with 20+ knot winds and no usable sunshine. I'll follow your progress with interest. If you can make a unit with sealed bearings, sealed electrical connections and IP67 level waterproofing that will stand up to salt spray, that unit can be successfully used in ANY environment. :-) Best regards from Key West, Capt. Blackheart Charlie

@HarmonyTurbines

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Blackheart... I love this comment. I have been searching and searching for someone to send me a good quality video of a "normal" wind turbine on a boat or yacht that's getting good strong (or storm) winds. I saw one live once and it was horrible. On, Off, On, Off. Horrible noise, sudden stop, horrible noise, sudden stop, etc.... I tried to get video but we were too far away from it and I'd love to have an up-close video of this going on. No one wants to video the CRAPPY performance of these things so we just have to rely on phone calls and people like you giving us testimony. It would be great to have a good video of this. I even have people call me and tell me that they cannot even have a conversation on the deck of their boat in NORMAL winds when they have their wind turbine running because the damn thing is so noisy! --This is why Harmony Turbines exists. To do better. We can do better, we just have to pull our heads out of our asses (as a society) and thing of this tech properly from the ground up! We are working to give you everything you're after Blackheart! :)

@Ken-rk3by

Жыл бұрын

I bought a Sunforce 600-watt windmill 10 years ago and still works perfectly on my boat. It will still put out 25 amps in winds up to 25 mph before it shuts itself down. I know you can get blades for lighter winds so you could go online to see if you can get blades for higher winds.

@BlackheartCharlie

Жыл бұрын

@@Ken-rk3by Thanks for the information! I looked on Amazon, but they said this product is unavailable. Sounds like you got a good one before they were all gone! I'm currently working with a similar three-blade model with some limited success - works OK between 12 and 19 knots of wind. I'm looking into building my own controller (Arduino based) that will throttle the output at higher wind speeds instead of simply shutting down totally. Best regards from Key West - stop by if you're ever down this way.

@Ken-rk3by

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackheartCharlie I bought mine from Canadian tire. I guess you boys down south don't have that chain of stores

as dibbiner would say about victorian engineering it was beutiful well engineered that lasted centuries, much of it still running here in U.K.

Thank you for introducing this company to me. Just invested $1000. Hopefully one day I get your turbine to power my home. Good luck Harmony!

I was thinking of wind turbine came up with a design and found it has been around for 1000 years and still working today ( find it on KZread) good luck.

I look forward to seeing these as 'just the smart thing to do'. Thank you for thinking outside the box and making this.

If you watch the whole video, like I do, this makes a whole lot of sense. Improving on an old technology that was mislabeled as inefficient. Wow! What an amazing scientific find. Good luck to these people, and the development of this technology.

I have to wish this adorable couple all the best with their journey to a viable, attractive, reliable wind power generator. I have a couple of acres on rising land in Arkansas that’s isolated from my neighbors by enough land that they won’t be filing injunctions. I haven’t checked for building codes but I will now. I’ve checked solar and the $40K entry point to get enough to matter seems high. This might be a better away.

My neighbor built one of those 20 yrs ago using 55 gal drums cut in half for the scoops. Overspeed/high wind was controlled by a simple flyball system that pulled the leading edge of the drums in toward the center axis out of the wind. I too ran in low or high wind. It had a drum brake only for maintenance.

@kennethnevel3263

Жыл бұрын

The speed control is basically a fly ball governor .

@c.k.hanson

Жыл бұрын

Using a re-wired generator (not an alternator)/

@thepubliceye

Жыл бұрын

@@c.k.hanson Huh? No one uses a generator. Even a 2000-watt portable generator is really an alternator.

@thetrimgym

Жыл бұрын

I will be watching and waiting with great interest. I would be very happy to be an investor .. This would be a perfect addition to our geothermal greenhouses and permaculture project.

@garychandler4296

Жыл бұрын

Ah, I just posted that idea, but it's so obvious I'm sure many would see it!

Innovation on an old idea. I love it! And this couple. Doing it the right way, getting it fully tested before putting it on the market to then have it fail. This is the best way to grow your company. Good on you, guys!

@justajo2

Жыл бұрын

Additionally, if I had the money I would have a farm of these producing electricity to make green hydrogen. Hydrogen to be used in fuel cell EVs -- FCEVs. Electric is the way to go for vehicles, but I loathe the idea of these billions of batteries that are being made. The material supply chain is awful (consider where most of it comes from) and the disposal of them worse. Yes, someday they will be gone, replaced by something that doesn't have these problems. Who knows how far away that day is. FCEVs is now. Getting the cost of green H2 down is the challenge, but cheap, reliable renewable energy, like we see here, is the answer and nearly in our hands. All it takes is visionaries like this couple to make it advance into prime time.

@electricaviationchannelvid7863

Жыл бұрын

@@justajo2 We have the H2 fuel cell hybrid technology since the 1960s...Apollo program...It was just mostly kept secret and the "patent"-profit-hunger did not allow it to widespread... The same is the issue with this couple...if they really want to save the planet then just release the patent/design...they will not be able to protect it anyway and they will not be able to mass-produce it anyway...They were better off just selling the plans cheaply like kit-plane plans...and let local shops fabricate it...

@bradbrown2168

Жыл бұрын

Partner w Elon!

@forestMog

Жыл бұрын

@@justtinkering6713 The ‘technology’ may be older than that. However engineering is all about refinement. I read somewhere that Elon made much of his EV development OPEN SOURCE to entice smart people to collaborate on designs. Linus Torvalds made Linux open source as a means to make an operating system freely available. If he had not done that, Google would not have happened. Google built on it and Linux economy is ever expanding. Unix was limited in that the price of admission was too high to start cutting edge technology.

@justtinkering6713

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but don't ask for money until you fully test it. This design has many flaws, that will require it to have maintenance issues.

I'm so impressed and touched by the engineer's comment that we are not out for money but for people's need

@peterloichtl4512

9 ай бұрын

2 things stand out 1 they don't want to work hard. 2 there looking for profit and out .

@user-jh6ik1qd7p

2 ай бұрын

@@peterloichtl4512 and how do you know this? enlighten us.

Finally, Harmony covered all the things I saw as flaws. VATs also are much more bird friendly.

I get both sun and sometimes 22 mile per hour winds. I believe that having both wind and solar would be a dream come true. I love this product!!! I can't wait until it's available for purchase. Not only are they beautiful but they look like they will save a lot of birds.

@anthoniodesouza

Жыл бұрын

Looks realistically good.Carry on your good work. I need this very badly.

@grizzlygrizzle

Жыл бұрын

Decentralizing power generation also has the capacity to thwart some of the complete centralization of economic, political, electrical, and ownership power that the evil clowns in Davos are attempting to implement.

@KS-tx5zl

Жыл бұрын

Yes thank you for mentioning...the birds!... they are being slaughtered all day & everyday by the so called environmentalists looking the other way while hugging the so called "green" windmills whose blades kill birds day and night. Every species of bird is an important part of the ecosystem.

@WisdomofWTF

Жыл бұрын

You're right. I live on area 6. I've tested alot. The best I've tested were Wind Blue. I let them free run(2) for ten years at 20ft on a 2 1/2" pole each. Took them down in 2020, they got no service since 2010, when installed, they were starting to slow down from deposits from agricutural overspray built up over years (petrogunk).

@gazzaolva1677

Жыл бұрын

@@KS-tx5zl You are seriously misinformed. Wind turbines pose zero threat to birds. We are surrounded by wind turbines and we have a thriving birdlife with thousands of birds of many different species with NO dead birds under the turbines.

It looks like a metal sculpture one might see in a modern art museum. I like the fact the this address the "high vacuum" perception of the faults to the small wind turbine offerings on the market. These don't appear to be a hazard to birds and other wildlife. Nice.

I simply don’t understand why people say that the big windmills are ugly- I love the way they look. but small scale wind turbines are also great .🎉

@johnwaller4033

Жыл бұрын

The big wind turbines kill birds and the wind distribution dos the lungs of bats they have got problems with them killing eagles in Scotland I for one don't want a part of that

@NorthWestAutos

Жыл бұрын

I started to dislike them after I saw so many bold eagles and other birds die from those blades.

@joedt1

Жыл бұрын

Not if you live near one

@rickcbertino5656

Жыл бұрын

not so much they are ugly, they are a huge environment hazard when put up, to take down and to discard. horrible invention and it's being proven everywhere. This on the other hand is promising

@somethingsomething404

Жыл бұрын

never heard someone say they're ugly, they have models with brakes too

I did not read the patent to see the current state of the art prior to this patent, but the self “furling” regulation for high wind is quite clever!

Harmony, you have this new tech figured out. I’m impressed! I want one, so much.

NEVER dismiss the power of the Universe!! We are glad to have found Harmony! Our ranch is 465 acres in Montague, Tx and we have consistent dirty wind all the way to crazy wind. We would love to be a part of testing your product and could be ready for such testing sometime next year. Too many folks out here have purchased and scraped their turbines due to the extremely variable to heavy wind conditions who would re-invest quickly in something proven. As a commercial electrician, I've been educating myself for years in order to install a robust system on our place yet, haven't spent a dime! I will be looking into investing with Harmony. Keep up the great work!

@brendafosmire6519

Жыл бұрын

I live near Montague, TX. Yes these would work in our dirty wind area. I hope you follow through with your interest.

@rmendes2mendes915

Жыл бұрын

The universe has no power, it is not conscious it is not a sentient being therefore it cannot do anything for you, you would have just as much luck asking a rock for help.

@marcusmonson7717

Жыл бұрын

@@rmendes2mendes915 The Universe is EVERYTHING! The Universe IS POWER!! Everything is of Atoms which vibrate at varying frequencies and all one needs is to allow their flow to align and connect. I respect your opinion and wish you prosperity during your journey but, the true point here is harnessing dirty wind effectively to generate electricity and move water from lower elevations to higher elevations as a way to store power. Have a great day!

Your furling tech is genius and well past time to have evolved. Quiet turbines are well loved turbines, and mostly shadow-free turbines are not constantly disturbing neighbors. That's 3 extremely good marks for Harmony. Now if you can get something that works on 3mph winds, I could even use one here in southern OR. = Invent magic, please. = I realize that the Sivonious method has a lower output, but I much prefer it to the noisy propeller style. And for a solar and wind powered home, small inputs add up even if you're not topping off the batteries in ten minutes.

I have been an electrician for longer than a lot of adults have been alive. This is the coolest thing I have seen in a long long time! Very cool. I have looked up your website and explored around a little bit. It is very very exciting. I shall be keeping an eye on this innovative tech you’re working on!! 🎃

@johncuervo3019

Жыл бұрын

They aren't efficient. They create drag

@MrDoyle07

Жыл бұрын

@@johncuervo3019 It would interest me to know what criteria you use to validate that when where there was nothing now there is something that has a developing value as a result of it being there? And, as for drag, well, all work is drag.

@omaralvarez7746

Жыл бұрын

@@MrDoyle07 how much power does it produce

@MrDoyle07

Жыл бұрын

@@omaralvarez7746 I think he referred to 4KVA. It is kind of low, I recall thinking that but, it's in its infancy now. It will get better.

@anthonyxuereb792

Жыл бұрын

If you like this then there's also a very clever and simple water turbine developed in Belgium that's worth looking into.

I like the logo resembling the yin-yan symbol and generating small power with low wind speed, which occurs more than medium to highest speeds in many areas.

I live in the Scottish Borders and have a farm on the Western Isles (basically in the North Atlantic Ocean). I have a wind turbine that powers a cottage and a workshop with no problems and cost £22,000. This reminds me of a 'wind wall'

@ivahardon4661

Жыл бұрын

Gee man. You rich people. 22 thousand quid? Stap me mate.

@steverichmond7142

Жыл бұрын

@@ivahardon4661 I've nearly got my money back in 4 years. If I was to do it again today I would do it on finance and it would be cash flow break even.

@Steve25g

Жыл бұрын

many people in the Scottish region were into building their own axial pmg's, they were also tinkering with the principle of the these people seem to have patented, playing with the distance of the magnets to the different rotors. Some people did build pretty huge machines, where you needed a tractor, to get them running under load , 40+Kw.. Somewhere early 2000's this pmg principle got perfected in a university, and open sourced for anybody to build, literally on a kitchen table (for smaller ones) saw some nice projects overthere, seems most of those old videos are gone though

@steverichmond7142

Жыл бұрын

@@Steve25g Most people don't bother with patents. They're just an excuse for a lawyer to make money.I don't know what a pmg is. I've never heard of a turbine so big it needs a tractor to start it; they don't work that way.

@Steve25g

Жыл бұрын

@@steverichmond7142 as said, most of the old videos are gone, but 10+kw are still to find, from about 10 years old. I saved a few, if I find it, I see, I can past it in here. A PMG stands for Permanent Magnet generator' , roughly said, you make two platters with these neodynium magnets, and put a plate, with windings in between, and then you start stacking, and growing the diameter.

This is the wind turbine I would install on my home. It looks like kinetic art. This video was really informative. We need to be able to mount these on our roofs. I say utilize the existing chimneys as installation points.. 80% of all the single family homes in my town have existing chimneys. The majority being unused. Keep up the great work.

@davidmunro2077

Жыл бұрын

Mounting on a chimney will only work if your chimney is made with cement if an older house with line mortar then it will destroy the grip of the mortar leading to the chimney collapsing

@SmallSpoonBrigade

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmunro2077 I probably still wouldn't recommend it as it would be tough to get clear of the smoke and likely would add vibrations that the concrete isn't intended to deal with.

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

@@davidmunro2077 Even cement will crack.

I hope to see millions of these systems 👍

I'm glad you brought up energy storage. Current battery products are so far behind the technology. While I hope that it eventually catches up, I would like to see truly environmentally-friendly energy storage such as hydro energy storage.

@barryminor616

9 ай бұрын

Mushroom battery

Really admire what you are doing and wish you success in your business.

@arturoeugster7228

Жыл бұрын

What is the mean daily power collection at 10 knots? Thanks

Cool. One of my fave builds in Homestead Rescue is when Marty makes a vertical turbine out of a couple old 50 gallon barrels.

I saw a similar concept, small scale vertical wind generator, a year or so ago. Was generating 400w per turbine with a 3 turbines nested in a mount with 2 solar panels. Had to go look it up to make sure I wasn't dreaming or something. Guy's name is Larry Johnson with EZGroGarden. Not taking anything away from this concept. Having the collectors reef in during high winds is genius. Hope you guys get it working soon. I have a feeling this sort of product is imperative. To everyone. GT

I like the idea of the self-feathering vertical wind turbine - it prevents damage to the unit in high winds. But every wind turbine of any kind needs to feed a buffer like a battery or the grid and then if those are not available, the windmill needs to feather even if the wind is calm and gently running the windmill. That's the second problem that needs to be fixed - windmills need to run a generator that has a load and if the load disappears the windmill needs to feather itself closed.

@dancarter482

Жыл бұрын

"Windmills" need to MILL something!

@mozilla700

Жыл бұрын

Typically, people are attached to the grid and can back feed the extra power to the grid. If they aren't attached to the grid, they would need a battery or "dump load" equipment. No big deal.

The great thing about this products helix design is the versatility in positioning available, vertically or horizontally.

As a 42 year Master Electrician I am impressed!!!!!!!!!!! I do however have a couple of questions...... Questions #1 How do I get involved with helping fund your venture? I would very much like to be somehow involved with this venture!!!!! Question #2 When will they be available to the public? I cannot wait to get one and put it to use!!!!!! On a side note.... I would be VERY careful about saying things like getting folks off the grid!!!!!!!!! Powerful people run power companies and powerful people invest in power companies and people have been known to disappear from Earth from pissing off the wrong powerful people!!!!! That's all I'm saying

I would buy one of these tomorrow! Take my money! I live in Ohio and have a CONSTANT wind through my backyard. This would be awesome to move my pool pump and EV charger to. Looking forward to seeing this hit the market!

I built this type of a wind turbine way back in the 70s. ( in Alaska ) I used a auto alternator for the power plant..I used A stack of 55 gallon steel barrels cut in halves. Worked just fine. I now have solar panels at my small farm..I have very little wind here and when I do have wind it comes with storms and is very strong. SO I would be interested in buying or building one of these that can close up in high winds.. You should think about putting out a kit for us who build our own stuff..I even build my own solar panels for individual solar cells I bought at a hugh discount.

@WisdomofWTF

Жыл бұрын

Me too Used plastic 55 gal. Drums similar design. Displayed in La Holla Beach August, 1983.

Been seeing this for couple of years now. I'm dying for them to go commercial.

@HarmonyTurbines

Жыл бұрын

We're working as quickly as our time and funding allows. If you can help with spreading the word about our crowdfunding campaign that would be greatly appreciated!

@ruatoomey9107

Жыл бұрын

@@HarmonyTurbines living in Ireland, this would sell to every home, incredibly windy here, well over 300 days a year.

@dushk0

Жыл бұрын

A working prototype with a meaningful load connected should have happened by now.

@dushk0

Жыл бұрын

@@HarmonyTurbines to give you a couple more months of burn... viable design? Then how come there's no real funding?

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

No. Harmony is dying.

I’m excited for their discoveries and wish them the greatest success. It doesn’t have to be all things to all people. There will be plenty of people that will benefit.

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

They have not discovered anything new.

Awesome interview with the Harmony peeps...been following them for a while...great innovation and team....very exciting!!

Being an engineer this is absolutely awesome. I will be checking out your website. We live in North Idaho and live out on the Prairie. We have light constant wind. This may work for us as well.

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

If you are a proper engineer you should understand this is pretty much a scam.

Fantastic ideas. Looking forward to the production phase! Thx for having them on your channel

Wishing Harmony Turbines the best of luck. This looks pretty darn good.

So thankful someone made progress in this much needed area. Hopefully, we can order some of your units very soon.

Way Cool! The axial thrust combined with your first patent is outstanding.

The furling system is clever! Vertical turbines get a bad wrap because they are less efficient in ideal wind, but I’ve always thought they make more sense for dirty wind. If I ever live in the right place I’d be interested in this system.

@BTSloan70

Жыл бұрын

The furling system is the only thing going for it. It doesn't make it more efficient. They just don't make the torque as blade turbines do.

@mtn1793

Жыл бұрын

@@BTSloan70 But the sound damping factor is a plus. Not to mention functioning in dirty wind. For small scale and home owner ease it’s looking good.

@davisrs1

Жыл бұрын

The other advantage is being able to use arrays with minimal clearance whereas horizontals turbuance interferes with downwind units.

@Digidoc316

Жыл бұрын

The typical VAWT running a blade type Darrius rotor requires higher wind speeds to operate. The Savonius type produces a higher torque at low wind speeds and because of the shape of the "bucket", uses the Bernoulli principal of lift to reduce drag.

@robroy9185

Жыл бұрын

@@BTSloan70 It catches wind from any direction..that's a plus.

Thank you for an excellent video presentation. I live in South Africa in the Western Cape in an area which has wind 24/7 at more than 5 mph most of the time. Gusting at 10 mph.We are about 60 miles from the nearest coastline .Our country has regular electricity blackouts on a daily basis. We have recently installed an inverter and battery storage and are thinking of a wind turbine rather than solar panels in the future. Well done to Harmony wind turbines and wishing them every success in the future.

I've been making stuff exactly like this for 25 years for some the wealthiest corporations on earth. These could be made so quickly on a massive scale. I will talk to my salesmen.

We’re in central CA where there are a couple of the large pinwheel farms nearby. I initially thought it was a better option for renewable energy until learning more. That being said, the reason we have them is because of the amazing winds. The Central Valley heats up in the clear skies and essentially creates a several hundred mile chimney. Most days we’ll get “the delta breeze” to cool off in the evenings but it’s a strong sustained wind. Would love to see a harmony farm. Even more so, I think they look cool and would love to have one as functional art at my home. Even more so though, have them as urban art or along roadways where moving vehicles create the wind.

I love the technology, the synchronicities and the momentum here. To me, it all shows that this could really, really catch on, partly due to the Universe, of course, but also because you guys are the ones leading the charge. Well done!

I Love this SO MUCH! My mind has been on this type of technology for several years and THIS IS BRILLIANT!

Please get an iron clad contract because this looks amazing and it has potential to be disruptive to big energy interests and will be targeted to squash. I would love to have one in north Texas. I’m disabled and could sure use a lower energy bill please consider giving test units to those who really need them. Thank you for your hard work 👏👏👏

I was once working on a magnetically levitated vertical wind turbine to run electrolyzers...the more wind, the more electrolyzer arrays you could kick on to make more gas. this is a good idea and would tie well into a green hydrogen scenario

@stevenlonien7857

7 ай бұрын

Hi . I need a electronically controlled magnetic bearings and end cap that levitates using mirroring magnetically opening and closing simontanisly walls of blades flipping hard open and closed simontanisly gavinised blades in currents for. Hydrogen test.

Its been a while since I first came across Harmonie and I was blown away. So great to see that you are still at it. Hope to get one of your turbines set up in the Philippines in the not-so-far future.

Dealing with snow/ice interfering with the furling mechanism and balancing issues from snow/ice might be needed

I'm so glad to see how far y'all at Harmony have come in literally such a short time period... Like I mentioned in another comment I've been researching VAWTs for about 3 years and all different types within hybrid designs and when your first prototype came out I remeber all the videos I followed on your channel as you made it, I remeber the first wi d test (Was sort of disappointing, seemed like more to you than me because I knew this was a near perfect design/idea.. Some days the wind just doesn't wanna work for you, trust me I know all too well!) I don't know what all y'all are doing as far as testing, but I'd be in heaven to have one of these testing positions whether it be a small 100watt, 400, 600.. As I'm slowly working towards my own hybrid designs (sadly lack funding of really any kind).. I have a few ideas for yours especially when it has to close up for higher winds that could keep it turning fully closed.. As always I look forward to your next video and absolutely cannot wait to get something from you guys once you start putting them out there! Love love love your business model of understanding you might now be best ones to do large scale production garunteeing the company that either buys or partners MUST pt out a certain amount of u its to the public is such a smart, simple, and just awesome plan! Oh, also absolutely 💯 LOVE your generator design, it really kills that qaution of folks wanting or trying to throw a generator on top and bottom and the fact it free spins then adds the resistance to make power one moving instead of using a Start motor is absolutely genius! My idea was to take one or two of those PowerBank Solar panels powering a small motor for this in the beginning of my trials, but decided against it, but could be used for your heating element for northern states/countries.. Anyway, sorry for rambling, I get super excited talking VAWTs.. Leaning and sharing ideas makes this community awesome! Keep on keeping on! Y'all are doing a fantastic job! (Are you hiring? 😉)

glad to see your work pick up speed :) you guys are awesome, the world need more heroes like you

I saw a video somewhere on youtube where many vertical turbines were installed in the middle of a divided highway and generated enough power from the winds of passing traffic to power sign illumination and street lighting. This product should be tested in my area because we sometimes have very high temperatures of 120 deg. F. in the summers and occasional very high winds which once reached 115 mph. Unfortunately, the average wind speeds this time of year are 5 mph

Best of luck guys. I don't see wind as the ultimate answer to a problem I'm not sure is as huge as a problem it's being made out it be. However, there is nothing wrong with harnessing energy when it's provide. Living in Metro Phoenix I'm pretty sure I'm not in a high wind area. I'm also not sure you would see these on roof tops in the suburbs and tracked homes. I mean.., HOAs! Like they'd go for it lol. But rural! Hell yea. Could see farmers putting these up on their land. Spread them out in certain crops and power the farm while selling some back to the grid. They do look a hell of a lot better AND safer! Can't see birds getting clubbed to death by them. Hope you guys make a future. Damn good industry to be inventing in! All kinds of govts from fed to local willing to dump trillions to just to be able to say...see how much we care? Hell, the fed and one party in particular is willing to destroy our economy just to be able to say...see...see how much we care! Seriously..good luck guys, I'm pulling for ya!

@Nphen

Жыл бұрын

Even just sticking with yachting, and other boating, along with island locations globally, could be 50,000 units per year. The new types of "anywhere geothermal" might still not work on the smallest islands & remote locations. Homesteaders and remote mountain villages alike would be grateful as would people living on sailing ships. It's good tech to have if it can get cost competitive with solar.

@kerra3699

Жыл бұрын

This will be fantastic back up and contribution to a solar array.

It’s really great to see people who are interested in changing the face of the world. Lateral thinkers are the way forward for humanity. That is if the governments don’t suppress all our ideas.

have been following Harmony for a while and am glad to hear they are in touch with boaters. Hoping and Expecting good things from Harmony in the near future.

Very interesting design for controlling the amount of wind it catches to motivate the turbine. I’m wondering how well the mechanical aspects will hold up in a dusty dirty high Desert environment with extreme summer heat and occasional extreme winter cold. And how does it deal with occasional sustained high winds over days

Loving everything about this and your approach to make it real for those of us that have wind!

I agree, I made one of these based on the instructables savonius one of old. With barrels, a truck hub and a 12v generator. And it works! This design is the SS model, the high performance model I know will work probably better than expected. You got this. Go for it

@oldhardrock2542

Жыл бұрын

Over 50 years ago, Ivisited a natural gas compressor station with my Dad. In those days these stations had a staff of 10 to 15 people maintaining and watching over the compressors. These stations in the West are remote so the staff lived on site. There wasn't much to do being 50+ miles from Big Piney, Wyoming. The folks at one of these put a truck hub and section of drill pipe and drove a playground merry go round. The blades were sections of 50 gallon barrels split lengthwise. They had devised some way so the thing didn't turn super fast or could be deactivated when not being used to get kids dizzy or in super high winds. In Big Piney, a gentle breeze is a 40 mph wind... I've always thought that would be a terrific, low cost way to generate power.

Hi there. Some time back I saw this on a sail boat owned by the Cousteau society. It had two towers that acted like the sails and moved the boat. I often wondered why didn't they use that technology to harness the wind. I guess you guys found out how. Nice going, I hope you get going and make it work. Stay safe out there. Take care and God bless. (edited for spelling)

@SmallSpoonBrigade

Жыл бұрын

Probably the closest to that would be a rotor sail which apparently has existed for decades.

I am so fortunate to have stumbled on this video. A great presentation by 2 down to earth people, who are in harmony. The principles explained by Chris were simple, easy to understand & common sense. I appreciate that as you apply scientific principles to another level it often produces other negative effects to overcome, but I get the feeling that Harmony Turbines can & will resolve the problems. Congratulations on being smart enough to challenge the status quo & realise the data was erroneous, you deserve success for your attention to detail. Why had the Universities not challenged these facts previously. If investors from the UK are permitted to invest in Startengine I will definitely support your technology. Here's to your success.

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

Science has very little to do with common sense.

Actually the small ones came first but only old codgers like me remember the 1960's designs. The go to solution in the 1920's to 1970's was to add a hinge on the tower and a locking pin and a drag cable. The whole with tower would be flipped 90 degrees putting the rotor a yard or so from the ground with a cradle holding the mast. Then the rotors were locked and tarp thrown over it. This Harmony Turbine is a far better design.

I live on Maui, HI. Two things that are great for Harmony, the first is that it’s always windy, alway! The other things is tourists, tones of them. Massive exposure and an incredible market!

Finally someone who has came up with the idea that I have thought of a few years ago thank you

Great thoughts about a complicated problem, both physically and culturally. Great furling system too!

Possible Urban applications of this tech are fascinating. Many buildings create "wind tunnel" effects that might be exploitable like the 10' wide alley between me and my neighbor which is often more windy than front or back yard. I've also got a spot picked out on the peak of my roof just north of my solar panels waiting for a VAWT that would allow me to complement and balance my solar power. This wasn't brought up in video but VAWT are normally much quieter than HAWT (propeller) type wind turbines so my neighbors won't be disturbed.

What a refreshing presentation! Now address minimizing maintenance time and costs.

I saw a simplistic copy of this years ago but this took that simplistic design to a much higher level with the ability to introvert into itself in high winds to prevent damage.If the steel could be powder coated in some way to allow for art work these could have everything from that WWII ship camouflage to gorgeous flowers or animals. What a great design. I wonder about the weight and whether a large unit would be light enough to helo into a mountain cabin area or some coastal island. Between this and Orbital Marine Power tidal generators remote places could have clean electricity.

There was an article in Mother Earth News a few years back where they built a monster savonius rotor using oil tanks cut in half lengthwise so they became huge cups that then were mounted on a truck axel to handle the weight. The generator was a modified auto alternator. I'mpressive at the time but it maxed out at about 1500 watts or the equivalent of one household outlet. That is too much work to power one outlet some of the time. I did lots of sustainable stuff back in the day but it has to be worth the time, muscle power and money invested. Most projects in the 70's were cool but did not address those concerns. How much actual power does your unit generate even though it is much smaller? Average inland winds and max output. You are right that people want to see their investment paying off.

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

They won't see any payoff.

@user-jh6ik1qd7p

2 ай бұрын

@@rogerphelps9939 can you enlighten us into why?

I maintained business equipment for most of my career. When new technology would come out, I would marvel at how methods would become simpler. it is very difficult to create a simpler way to do something.

In the past i developed some ideas and basic first model without the generator so very basic only of a lowspeed turbine. I stopped the project. I must say i am very impressed with what you developed and believe it has a bright future!

We bought a blade turbine & yes we are in a sheltered position so we did exactly what you said no it's not working yet ,even when we had gusts it took so long to turn into the wind by the time it happened & moved the wind had stopped ..we have a round one now & yes since putting it up not had a lot of wind but like you say it moves with just a breeze so something to watch at least ..Good luck with your product

Wow, very unique idea, obviously this works, unfortunate for the plastic one, that would have sold millions upon millions, especially for home use, this changes things, hope these people get their business world wide, power to you. 👍🍻🏆

All metal - no plastic 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Have you seen the Power Pod with no outter moving parts. Completely in cased in plastic. So cool, no damage to anyone.

I live in a natural gun barrel between two ridgelines. They form a Y, one canyon aimed at NW, the other at NE. Mostly, there is only light wind, but when the wind is at just the right angle, it is absolutely a hurricane. It strips the shingles off my house. 90+ mph. So very dicey trying to find something that works well in light winds, but won’t blow up twice a year at 90 + mph. I also live at height about 40 ft above the street, no yard to speak of, so it would have to mount on my house ridgeline (necessarily small)

This one kick ass! The way that it closes, awesome! They should be put along the roads aswell.

I'm a designer/inventor 50+ patents so far ... loved this video, loved seeing you guys really thinking about each problem and how to solve them... I'd love to keep in touch with you guys! congrats on the work ethic and courage to see things through... it takes guts! love the generator concept too... I work in Taiwan where i build my inventions...

@fortunatodeguzman8017

Жыл бұрын

May I know your idea about the: 1) compressed air engine (C.A.E.) = internet said such engine had powered the already mass produced box. type TATA car in India- with 300 kms range before recharging... Its in YT, including a French company advocating also the same CAE contraption for their experimental car... 2) Inertia powered engine (I.P.E.) also in YT- I think a Pakistani, Indian and Syrian were the endorser of such engine designs... They claimed such engine designed had attain the ELUSIVE level of "perpetual motion" (?).. Maybe a hybreed model, assisted by a portable, 2. piston diesel engine- will closed the gap in attaining the controversial, 500 yrs old debate, about the quest for PERPETUAL MOTION!... 3) Gyroscope powered engine (GPE)= the American had been using a "frictionless" gyroscope aboard their outer. space rocket ships wayback in the 60's decade... The word "frictionless" means the said fast rotating gyroscope (minimum of 10k rpm ) was not using ordinary ball bearing- but its axis "freely floating on air" due to the effect of extreme low temperature freezing- they used a liquid helium as coolant... Accordingly, the next generation of MAG. LEV (magnetic levitation) - train will be elevated 2. inches above its railways track, using the liquid helium technology... Experiments shows that any solid metal object immersed in liquid helium- they become magnetic automatically- it "float" above another helium frozen solid object!... Do you have Facebook site?... Educated comment from highly technical people like you - will saved a lot of wasted money and time in prototyping and experimentations phase of a project...

Yes, HAWT turbines are very noisy and you need a lost of constant wind to generate anything worth using. I have bought, tested and sold many kinds of VAWTs, mostly Chinese of course, and they do work better and much much quieter for boats and RVs. Looking forward to see specs on their PMI and generator portion. They also need to be cost competitive with cheaper solar costs including inverter and batteries. I push people to solar first and foremost over wind because of cost per watt.

@rogerphelps9939

10 ай бұрын

HAWTs are better when you get serious. That is why proper wind turbines are invariably HAWTs.

I’m currently retro-modding a barn built in 1899. We’re in the planning phase now and have ideas for a 50kw rooftop solar/wind hybrid system. This is intriguing in a couple of ways to me, one is it’s lower profile, and another would be the ability to design the generators inside the structure in a climate controlled environment. We’ll be in touch.

Totally just watched twister. And seen the chimes in the front yard

This company appears to to be made after my own heart. I have sacrificed the typical american life to tinker with all parts of the tech they are developing. to outsiders, I look like a mad scientist but wow! I belong to a company like this. I experiment with vertical axis wind turbines, small generators and I've even tried to make wind-up lanterns from grandfather clock parts.

This is the high tech version of flower turbines

I tinker with Ecm motors (3 phase dc pulse or pwm ) found in many appliances and hvac equipment today. Many control modules fail and the whole motor is replaced. Take off the module, rotate the shaft, these motors generate large currents and voltages in dc polyphase, depending on rpm. Using a 3ph to 1 ph rectifier at a suitable rating, they can be used to generate a storage voltage or direct loads like lighting, irrigation, well pumps, mill saws, conveyer drives etc. Combine with solar and the required controls. KZread, October 15th,

A simultaneous research into horizontal wind turbines and a combined vertical + horizontal wind silent energy generator would be quite appropriate to bring Harmony into homes!!!

Looks good for warm coastal areas. Summer breezes on the great plains. No winter snow though.

@idahologbuilder1880

Жыл бұрын

In snow country. could you build a roof over the unit?

@pathfollower

Жыл бұрын

@@idahologbuilder1880Maybe. Snow goes horizontal more than rain though. I just know that shape is a natural snow scoop.

@tonythoreson

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't those big scoops catch snow and ice?

This is a great idea, however anything less than multiple KW doesn't reduce a standard houses usage enough to mention. My house uses 1200+ KWh each and every month, so it really isn't worth looking into (past seeing your cool idea and technology) if less than a 10KW unit. Many-most electric companies/COOPs allow a max of 25KW distributed generation for net metering installations. I invested because I like this ingenious ideas and think this will be a success, I just need a 10KW+ system minimum. I currently have a 10KW HAWT that I built and use in Oklahoma, if you need a testing site.... video of my unit on my youtube.

@eventhisidistaken

Жыл бұрын

The key is ROI. If it pays for itself in 7 years and operates for 30 years (making that up - don't know how durable they are), then it's the equivalent of about 12% tax-free real return (pre-inflation). Something people tend to forget that saving $100, is equivalent to earning about $150 for typical investors who are taxed heavily, because they jackasses in Washington haven't yet figured out how to tax money not spent.

@twcstransam

Жыл бұрын

@@eventhisidistaken that sounds all well and good (on paper) but when put into real practice it's not. If you read my entire comment you know I built my own 10KW HAWT so i am speaking from actual experience my tilt up mast is 8" scheduke 40 steel pipe 82' tall. It will make my bill $0 when I have 15+ mph sustained winds I get about 5 days a year where I make more than I use. On average over a year I produce 10% of my electricity. Now remember I built mine myself I have about $20k in a Berget 10k when I started was over $40k. If I could $0 my bill every month it would take 5-6 years to pay for itself at a 10% saving a year the math is 50-60 years without any tax incentives. So tell me again how and why a meager 400 watt unit is worth messing with? 400 watt is great for a boat, a cabin, or charge batteries for whatever, but to be effective on an electric bill for a complete house 2000 sqft or larger it has to be much bigger or the house has to be built to use DC because DC to DC conversion is less wasteful than DC to AC conversion. Even with the added advantage of being dirty wind capable 400 watts just doesn't have a high enough output to be effective or worthwhile for someone that uses over 1000KWh every month. It would be like pouring a cup of water in a pound trying to raise the water level, yes you did but can you measure the increase in height?

@eventhisidistaken

Жыл бұрын

@@twcstransam You're making two different points. One is that the math on the ROI just doesn't work out. That may be true, and at $2500 for 400W (which assumes 25MPH), I don't doubt it. Your second point is that 400W is not enough. But that doesn't matter *IF* the ROI worked out.

I am high desert, sometimes too much wind. Quiet & looks like a whirligig - that is great!

What ever happened to the double helix windgen, mounted horizontally on a Chicago high rise building, that was working great? It handled the capricious & high winds in that location! But it seemed a flash in the pan…15 yrs ago? Longer ago? The guy had video out, showing it. It was huge. It seriously helped power the building. Very glad this windgen is getting going!! Our issue here is windgens among tall trees. Framework to elevate these gens above the trees, would be formidable, wouldn’t it?

Love the idea- especially when grouping them. I’d like to see a way to disconnect from my local power supply. You should just license out the technology so it can be produced and serviced regionally.

I hope these guys go far. with the way 3d printing is going im sure the cost to manufacture and the weight are going to plummet

@johncuervo3019

Жыл бұрын

You wouldn't print one of these. Mold it

@dushk0

Жыл бұрын

I see "3d printing", I'm sure you have no clue about anything tech related.

@solarpunk9994

Жыл бұрын

@@dushk0 what because I used a common nomenclature instead of describing it as additive manufacturing? Its a KZread comment dawg 💀

Small holdings/agricultural will be a good place to start as many are out in areas with good/strong wind and we get through regular wind turbines that often break!

I think what Harmony are doing is amazing and wish them every success for the future. :) Their design and technology and innovation is fantastic! 👌👍 But I would like to add, The pros and cons of traditional wind turbine technology is well covered and acknowledged but, has improved hugely with recent iterations. NO technology is without its downsides or failings. It should be made clear that NOT everyone says 'not near me' or thinks that their looks are a huge issue given the green credentials of wind energy. Also, very few wind farms are placed so near to built up areas that they're a noise problem or a risk to property. Harmony can't and doesn't speak for everyone. and could maybe concentrate their rhetoric on the positives of their technology and highlighting its benefits. 😊👍

Yep become a tester .. I'd love to but in Australia !!! Been looking for a wind solution to complement my solar :)

Love the idea of this turbine. Lets hope it works, and unlike many others home wind turbines. Lets hope it actually produces power.

Try sending one to leandesign, Sandy Munro outfit in Michigan. They can fine tune manufacture capability.

@lukasl1304

Жыл бұрын

I think it would be too expensive for them.

I really love this level of technology working on being applied in this world we live in. Like you have mentioned, the enormous prop driven turbines suck. Not only are they an eyesore to behold with these massive wind farms but they're hazardous, both for the wildlife environment and for when things go horribly wrong as we've seen. If it were possible to create these same wind farms using the Harmony turbine system, it could be considered something both safe and pleasant to see when you have them in multiple colors and patterns. One thing I was wondering about is do the blades open and close through sensors that detect the rate of the wind or is it done remotely?

@grizzlygrizzle

Жыл бұрын

I would expect that these turbines have enough visual presence so that birds wouldn't have trouble avoiding them.

@harmonyturbinessupport

Жыл бұрын

Also when fully furled or unfurled there is little to no open space for a bird to feel safe to fly through.

HAWTs are more efficient and some models look to work well close to ground with good tracking, low start-up speed and auto feathering mechanisms. They also, use a lot less material and most don't need gears as they spin so fast. Don't think Savonious design can ever beat them in terms of bang for your buck!

Very exciting, been following these guys from the beginning!!!

I wonder if you could build in a small scale flywheel energy storage device to work in conjunction with this.