Portable 50kW wind turbine unveiledby Sophie Vorrath |
Uprise Energy has developed a wind turbine that is portable and easier to maintain in numerous ways. It is called the Uprise Portable Power Center. By portable, the company means that it can actually be moved without digging it out of the ground and completely pulling it apart, but it’s still quite a beast.
Normally, wind turbines have to be assembled from many parts and then mounted with their bases in the ground or on a sturdy surface. In order to move them, they are either demolished due to their almost permanent installations (for large-scale turbines), or they have to be dug out of the ground, or unbolted from their surfaces.
What makes this new turbine stand out is the fact that it can literally fold itself back into a container the size of a standard 40′ ISO shipping container and be driven to its destination with a tow truck.
When it reaches its destination, contractors can put the blades on at ground level, and then it erects itself.
What a beautiful thing. Imagine the lives that could be saved in Afghanistan, without driving as many fuel trucks through hostile areas to power our remote forward military bases.
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