BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240912T221712Z UID:A89983A0-802D-4BD6-8295-BAB70EB62CAD DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240709T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240709T210000 DESCRIPTION:This event will be available live at SEMI\, as well as over Zoo m. Get to SEMI by 6:30pm to network – and enjoy great pizza and refreshm ents! All attendees MUST register using the Eventbrite form (see link).\n\ nAlthough it is very eco-friendly\, growth in the wind turbine industry is slowing down. Today’s wind farms generally employ Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs)\, but their construction involves the major logistical fe at of transporting huge blades (as long as 118 meters) to locations that a re often remote. However\, as HAWTs cannot handle the most turbulent air\, they must be placed high above the ground and far apart from one another. \n\nPromising research out of CalTech\, Stanford\, and other universities predicts that Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs)\, which are placed less than 100 feet above the ground in wind farms under existing HAWTs\, will c reate synergies such that the overall energy output from their simultaneou s operation is greater than what each would produce on its own.\n\nOur spe aker Kevin Wolf co-founded Wind Harvest International\, a new company inte nding to introduce VAWTs. Their latest prototype has been able to operate in turbulent conditions at the UL test facility in Texas and achieve Techn ology Readiness Level 7. Core to this turbine’s success is its use of a VAWT aeroelastic engineering model validated using an earlier prototype’ s field data. Out of this earlier experience\, the engineering team came u p with nine new inventions\, including an innovative hinge design that is critical for the 70-year predicted fatigue life life based on a typical 15 million rotations per year.\n\nCome to this event and learn about this in novative technology that could revive the wind turbine industry.\n\nSpeake r(s): Kevin Wolf\, \n\n567 Yosemite Dr\, Milpitas\, California\, United St ates\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424098 LOCATION:567 Yosemite Dr\, Milpitas\, California\, United States\, 95035\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424098 ORGANIZER: SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:Wind Energy: A New Approach for Capturing an Untapped Energy Source URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/424098 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>This event will be available live at SEMI\, as well as over Zoom. Get to SEMI by 6:30pm to network &ndash\; and enjoy great pizza and refreshments! All attendees <u>MUST</u> register using the Eventbrite form (see link).</strong></p>\n<p>Although it is ver y eco-friendly\, growth in the wind turbine industry is slowing down. Toda y&rsquo\;s wind farms generally employ Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT s)\, but their construction involves the major logistical feat of transpor ting huge blades (as long as 118 meters) to locations that are often remot e. However\, as HAWTs cannot handle the most turbulent air\, they must be placed high above the ground and far apart from one another.</p>\n<p>Promi sing research out of CalTech\, Stanford\, and other universities predicts that Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs)\, which are placed less than 100 feet above the ground in wind farms under existing HAWTs\, will create syn ergies such that the overall energy output from their simultaneous operati on is greater than what each would produce on its own.</p>\n<p>Our speaker Kevin Wolf co-founded Wind Harvest International\, a new company intendin g to introduce VAWTs. Their latest prototype has been able to operate in t urbulent conditions at the UL test facility in Texas and achieve Technolog y Readiness Level 7. Core to this turbine&rsquo\;s success is its use of a VAWT aeroelastic engineering model validated using an earlier prototype&r squo\;s field data. Out of this earlier experience\, the engineering team came up with nine new inventions\, including an innovative hinge design th at is critical for the 70-year predicted fatigue life life based on a typi cal 15 million rotations per year.</p>\n<p>Come to this event and learn ab out this innovative technology that could revive the wind turbine industry .</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR