The Pyramidal Solar Windmill Here is a new concept presented to researchers to examine further for the first time in this public blog. It has been named the New Pyramidal Solar Windmill Essentially it consists of a standard windmill mounted on a narrow hexagonal pyramid base. Three of its pyramid faces in the southern direction are used to mount Solar Photo Voltaic cells. The hollow base houses machinery to integrate the outputs of the windmill and solar cells. The figure here is merely a schematic and the exact configuration and design would emerge only from further analysis. The blogger throws this open to any interested researcher/designer for further investigation. A hexagonal rather than a pyramid of fewer sides will withstand wind loads better. Whenever the use of solar or wind generated electricity is considered the intermittent nature of these sources is a concern. Using the two together reduces the level of interruptions. When solar alone is used on land as...
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