Inventors:
Robert M. Plaskove - Huntington NY, US
Courtlandt G. Miller - Palm Beach FL, US
Hamid Hefazi - Newport Coast CA, US
Hamid R. Rahai - Long Beach CA, US
Assignee:
Via Verde Limited - Dunleer
International Classification:
F03D 9/00
Abstract:
A wind turbine apparatus including a shaft, two wind turbines, and a two-piece alternator. The turbines and the alternator are mounted on the shaft. The alternator is located between the turbines. The alternator includes a circular permanent magnet component fixed to the first turbine, and a circular electrical winding component fixed to the second turbine so that, when an effective wind blows in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the first turbine and the circular magnet component will rotate around the shaft in a first direction and the second turbine and the circular winding component will rotate around the shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby generating electrical energy.