A private firm has claimed to have developed a simple, cheap and effective technology to generate high-speed wind to propel power generators, promising a boost to the village economy.
A giant flywheel called hybrid energy wheel can artificially create wind at a speed of up to 150 km to enable wind generators produce 0.25 to 0.5 mw with a small investment of Rs 25 lakh (Rs 2.5 million), Revlite Energy Solutions said on Friday.
The technical director of the company, Ashok K Rai, said the technology would enable windmill generators to be put anywhere in the country using the hybrid energy flywheel as attachment to produce wind at a speed up to 150 km needed for generating power.
The technology is expected to eliminate all handicaps associated with tapping energy from natural wind.
Once commercially tapped, the technology could make villages self-sufficient in power which can be put to various uses like providing drinking water and setting up cold storage plants.
The self-sufficiency in power generation would create industry, jobs and result in huge savings in subsidy provided on kerosene, Rai said.
Rai claimed that the product had already been patented by him. He proposes to create a country-wide network to promote the giant flywheel with the help of Non-Conventional Energy Resources Department to generate power in villages.
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