Images: Distributing wind power in the neighborhood

There are a few companies experimenting with ways to accelerate wind to squeeze more power from the available wind in a smaller space. One of them is FloDesign Wind Turbine, a company that is modifying jet engine technology for wind. The company, backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, is very discreet about its plans but the company CEO did disclose that FloDesign is working on a prototype.

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Photo by Screen capture by Martin LaMonica

Caption by Martin LaMonica