Ken Morgan, the founder of Helix Wind introduces the Helix Wind Turbine, a grid tie or off grid power system. For more information please visit the company web site. www.helixwind.com
Who am I ?
Hi, I’m Erik Astrand and the man behind this site.
My story? I am about to be 50 and all my life I have been interested in technical things. Not sure if the special interest for the wind, and how to use the wind, started when I as a 5 year old boy and got my first sail dinghy.
Anyway, wind power and to build my own wind generator was a dream for several years. I studied many websites and also bought many courses before I finally built my own windmill. This site is about that journey and you will also find some more general articles about wind power.
Enjoy! and check out the about me page to read more.
This thing is AWESOME!
One clear advantage of the helix I can see as an electrician is the safety factor for workmen and birds. Having worked in a few wind farms one thing struck me odd was the piles of dead birds at the foot of regular turbines getting hit by the propellar like blades. The helix would not have this obvious problem . Great video!
On 0:47 I firmly believe that this wind turbine is safe because I can hear birds safely chirping in the background. Had this been a bird guillotine revolving without mercy I don’t think I would have heard these birds safely chirping in the background.
Do you feel the same way?
By 2030, 20 percent of all electricity in the United States will be generated from wind energy. According to the Department of Energy, 40% of all energy used in the U.S. be it oil,gas, wind, solar etc is converted into electricity. United States has enormous potential to harness wind power and companies like Pacific Crest Transformers are helping the nation progress in its efforts to build a clean energy economy. The website has more information…
Fascinating technology. With the shift toward green technologies, our visual landscape will transform. Check SU11s vision of car charging stations at journey-to-zero (dot) com/#/3
I was raised in a small town of 1000 in rural Nebraska. Being the high plains with abundant wind, wind mills were used to produce electricity prior to the advent of utility distribution. Now they only use them to pump water for cows and many ranchers now use solar to do the same to save on maintenance. I sure wish more ranchers would realize they have free and abundant energy right in thier backyards and put it to use.
And it can be made to do it the other vay in the raein… or rein wind ooo just poke holes with heanglwe change so YES!!….
Hmm i want these in Finland.
All farmers build beautiful greencamo 20 meter spiral trees in the midle of farms.. Heck why not trough visible top to widen down to trees.
This is Beautifull!!
good work!
it could probably be changed to use rain power
I was in Palm Springs recently and north of town are thousands of wind mills, giants that power hundreds of homes…each. Not a single windmill looked like a Cheeto on a pole. Hmm, I wonder why. Maybe GE, Siemens, and dozens of other manufacturers know something.
I visited their website and could not for the life of me find their prices. Well hidden prices can only mean exorbitant ones.
The main limiter for wind technology is not efficiency (this has been nearly maxed out by current technologies) but the price of system. Thus it is unwise to put our hands together for any design which does not address this economic issue, but simply repackages the same overpriced system in a new more aesthetic style.
if 1 will 1/2 your electric bill… then 4 units would force the electrcity company to pay YOU..!!! hahaha nice… as for 20% of power in the usa to b made from wind by 2030, OMG that’s pathetic… I’m sure one americans fat ass could power a small country…! lol
I couldn’t agree more Mr. Glacial Mind. I have aguments with my friends about this all the time. They think that the average person paying a guy in a white lab coat is going to be putting up a windmill on a economically realistic budget. . We all know Joe Farmer can make his own mast cheap and do all the grunt work. What is needed is a cheap standardized generator and windmill blades.
LOL! perfect for Oregon.
how much is it
Nice looking design
How large is this structure, It looks huge.
You all got some good points as far as price but I do thing the VAWT turbines are better for in the back yards of single family homes and even aprtments because of safty and the swirling winds.
Didn’t Jaques Cousteau power a ship around the world with a vertical wind turbine? Proved it works.
I think that there is only one disadvantage with this system. If the windspeed drops for a while this system wil lose rotation speed very fast because of the higher wind resistance. And i guess its max output is lower then that of a normal windturbine.
But its safer, and way more practical for home-scale use. This is the way forward.
Now start focussing on making it cheaper…When that happens this things are gonna get popular:D
@FarOutFarSpace I purchased? one of these units last September and to date it has not worked as advertized. It is so noisy that my neighbors have complained to the homeowners association. Helix Wind improperly installed the unit and they have now walked away. Dont buy Helix Wind!!!!!
I purchased this units last September and to date it has not worked as advertized. It is so noisy that my neighbors have complained to the homeowners association. Helix? Wind improperly installed the unit and they have now walked away. Dont? buy Helix Wind!!!!!
I own one of these and it is very loud, you would not one of these next to your house. See the video response. They keep taking it down but I will keep putting is back.
@pappaw50 why?
@bomotor Why What? Why is it very loud? Because it was not put together right or poor design, I don’t know