Unconventional Wind Turbines - Solar Chimney

Solar Chimney

Wind turbines may also be used in conjunction with a solar collector to extract the energy due to air heated by the Sun and rising through a large vertical Solar updraft tower.

Wind turbines are part of experimental wave powered generators where air displaced by waves drives turbines.

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