About Rogue River Wind |
RRW formed to resolve the technical and environmental issues of wide scale distributed wind generation by bringing the V-LIM to market. The V-LIM design specifically addresses complications inherent in open bladed fans and the turbulent airflow associated with coastal winds and urban development. The V-LIM eliminates some of the major barriers to wind energy including being able to operate below Class 3 level winds in congested urban areas. The V-LIM utilizes a radical new proprietary relativistic generator topology with roots in the early Lorentz Law or Faraday disc, circa 1829-1831, unipolar design with very low internal impedance and consequent very high current delivery. A wide power bandwidth generator design is especially useful in wind turbine applications where the power of the wind is proportional to the cube of the wind velocity. With an intrinsic potentially high power time base, as wind can occur 24/7, expensive additions to the existing large scale grid delivery system would not be required if power is generated at the point of consumption. Another clear and present need for technical development is a highly capable form of energy storage. Photovoltaic and wind power are not demand systems: PV produces power when the sun is shining; wind turbines produce power when the wind is blowing. Neither can be turned on or up at times of peak energy demand, unless a large reservoir of energy has been stored. Battery storage does not offer a good solution, as batteries of today, and those contemplated in the future are basically chemical systems which degrade and wear out, and which then must be expensively discarded. Newer systems, such as lithium-based cells, will also eventually appear in landfills, and depend upon scarce and expensive materials. The capacitor, in the energy dense ULTRA CAPACITOR form offers a full cycle clean energy storage alternative, as it can be charged and discharged hundreds of thousands of times, or more, and simply stores mobile free electron energy charges as charges: there is no associated chemistry. Here also, a radical new approach to capacitor design is necessary, one reconciling commonly available materials, such as ACTIVATED CARBON, which often in one of many forms is a waste byproduct, into capable storage cells scalable from industrial to utility size. Here advanced investigations into both of these critical needs will soon produce working examples of both systems, a truly modern generator coupled with advanced ULTRA CAPACITOR storage, together with broad and defining Intellectual Property coverage. RRW is working with federal and state level energy policy personnel to redefine small wind outside the existing paradigms of pole mounted wind turbines. RRW is working with local city councils, port commissions and county commissions to illustrate the value of generating power locally. RRW will market large commercial and utility scale distributed energy projects and license or contract with qualified manufacturers to produce and deliver. RRW will empower distributors or licensed manufactures to market small scale or individual sales. |
