WePOWER turbines power projects from Epcot to Times Square
By Susan Wilson
Wind turbines are a great source of power provided you purchase the right one for your needs. WePOWER has several wind turbines for powering homes, businesses, and even advertising venues.
WePOWER produces vertical turbines that can function in light wind as well as moderate to severe wind conditions. All of the companies turbines are self-regulating and have only one moving part. The turbines also are vibration, noise and maintenance free – all excellent attributes of a great wind turbine.
The Seahawk wind turbine is being featured in Walt Disney World’s Epcot House of Innoventions in Florida. The turbine will be on display in the backyard of the House of Innoventions where Epcot guests can see it in action and learn more about wind power as a source of renewable energy.
The Seahawk can be used in light wind conditions and can be stacked to generate more energy from captured wind power. The turbine is rated at 500 watts and will start up in winds of 2 mph, will cut-in in winds of 7 mph. The wind speed rating is 28 mph.
WePOWER has larger wind turbines as well as wind turbines that can incorporate solar panels, video cameras, and cell phone panels. The additional hardware can be added either individually or with all of the other options.
16 WePOWER turbines and 64 solar panels will be used to power a Ricoh sign at 42nd and 7th Avenue in Times Square. The wind and solar powered sign will save 18 tons of carbon a year and will save $12,000 to $15,000 per month in electricity.
WePOWER is expecting to work on at least 25 custom applications of its wind turbine technology with various advertisers. Already Coca Cola has erected a digital billboard in Times Square that is powered by wind energy.
According to Marvin Winkler, CEO of WePOWER:
if the nation’s 500,000 billboards were to adopt Windvertising, the billboards, spinning at 10 mph would generate 16.8 billion kWh of electricity. They could power approximately 1.5 million homes and would reduce about 5.3 million tons of CO2 being emitted into the air.
Windvertising, as WePOWER has named it could be a great way for advertisers to save money and cut down on air pollution.
Between Epcot and Times Square, WePOWER is showcasing the various uses of wind power both for small and large projects.
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