A four year old company Altaeros Energies in Massachusetts has developed Buoyant Airborne Turbine (BAT).BAT is a ballon which has airship technology to lift a wind turbine.It can reach 2000 feet where wind speeds are faster and have five to eight times greater power density. As a result, the BAT can produce more energy than simple turbine.
The BAT technology includes helium inflatable shell channels wind with a three blade rotor spinning inside. It rises 2,000 feet off the ground with high strenght tethers that hold it in place and one more tather for transmitions of power to a station.
The BAT is specially developed for remote areas where diesel generators and other source of energy is expensive.The BAT has a potential to provide power for a dozen homes.It has ability to provide additional services like communication, Internet and sensory equipment.
Altaeros received fund of $7 million dollars for the development of this technology.Ben Schrag, NSF SBIR program director said, "the new products being developed by the team at Altaeros are exciting because they have the potential to offer a new method for energy generation which is portable, reliable, quick to deploy, and environmentally-friendly."
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