http://permakent.com/2008/02/27/windbelt-inventor-shawn-frayne/ Building relationships between people and with nature. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:15:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://permakent.com/2008/02/27/windbelt-inventor-shawn-frayne/#comment-9933 PermaKent Permaculture Ideas of J. Kent Hastings » Blog Archive » Power from Water Makes a Splash Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:24:14 +0000 http://permakent.com/2008/02/27/windbelt-inventor-shawn-frayne/#comment-9933 [...] The linked article at MAKE online, “Ocean power,” reports that the invention was inspired by the powerful vortex that destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge shortly after it was built in 1940, reminding me of how Shawn Frayne came up with his cheap mylar ribbon “windbelt” power generator. [...] […] The linked article at MAKE online, “Ocean power,” reports that the invention was inspired by the powerful vortex that destroyed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge shortly after it was built in 1940, reminding me of how Shawn Frayne came up with his cheap mylar ribbon “windbelt” power generator. […]

]]> http://permakent.com/2008/02/27/windbelt-inventor-shawn-frayne/#comment-201 PermaKent Permaculture Ideas of J. Kent Hastings » Blog Archive » Raw Solar: MIT Solar Collector Breakthrough Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:24:14 +0000 http://permakent.com/2008/02/27/windbelt-inventor-shawn-frayne/#comment-201 [...] thanks to lift from airfoils (shape of airplane wings) with clever mechanical linkages and Shawn Frayne’s micropower windbelt for cheap, small and remote locations, overall there is more potential for renewable energy from [...] […] thanks to lift from airfoils (shape of airplane wings) with clever mechanical linkages and Shawn Frayne’s micropower windbelt for cheap, small and remote locations, overall there is more potential for renewable energy from […]

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