The Airgenesis wind turbine not only relocates the substantial weight (90-plus tons) of the nacelle from the top of the wind tower to the base, but its novel dual-rotor, mechanical clutching system and integrated ratcheting generator mechanism have also nearly tripled energy production of a single tower (to 11 MW nameplate capacity)—all while vastly reducing maintenance expense (less than half). Even avian mortality threats are mitigated by constraints imposed on rotor RPM, while torque generated to impose these constraints is transformed into energy production. This example illustrates that relocating nacelle weight to the tower base greatly reduces tower structural requirements and tower stability concerns. The off-setting dual-rotor configuration is a design that harvests the maximum wind energy, which translates into real value for wind production.

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