Whilst getting ready for the Redcar BKSA event I stumbled upon this turbine as I entered the supermarket car park. It got me thinking, are we all really doing everything we can to help OURSELVES and OUR planet?

Just think of all the wasted space in this world. Random corners of car parks, overhead along all our roads, roundabouts, old industrial estates and your backyard. All these can be used to harness the wind and help to reduce the impact our electricity consumption use makes on the world.

This is a great idea that puts a new slant on wind farm. Instead of taking up valuable untouched land or the great expense of installing and maintaining offshore wind farms, these turbines sit over the motorway and it is the turbulence of the passing vehicles that drive the turbines and generate the power. The idea comes from a student at Arizona State University, and each turbine would be capable of generating enough power to light up a medium sized apartment, even if the wind speed is only at a low 10 mph. Why have we not thought of using these already???

I know there is always the cost factor in implementing these sorts of small scale projects, and the ‘not in my backyard’ gang that seem to oppose anything that is a bit different, but if these ideas took off there are literally thousands of miles of roads and acres of land going to waste that could be used for potential power generation in the future!