Background

My name is Glen Lux.  I am a mechanical engineer, and I’ve designed, built and tested over 50 Vertical Axis Wind Turbines.  Some of my turbines are connected to the grid but others are built, tested and decommissioned to make room for newer designs.

The Outside Framed Wind Turbine

My latest concept uses a frame on the outside of the Vertical Axis Wind turbine (VAWT) instead of using guy cables or a mast fixed to the earth.  Normally, long beams with a small cross section requires bracing from several directions for most applications.  The following will explain why this is not necessarily the case.