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Old 04-06-2006, 08:31 AM
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does anyone have contact info on Ibarra/Hector Mójica or other info on this wind generator?
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=11271


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Old 04-06-2006, 08:54 AM
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hey danduva - I'm sending this to environment where I'm sure it will attract more attention.
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Old 04-09-2006, 05:06 PM
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Hey Chris and Danduva,

Please send me contact information as soon as you get it. This is fantastic news if it's true. Thanks!
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Old 04-09-2006, 05:12 PM
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Hey,

The news came up again in El Nacional. Here's the link:

http://www.elnacional.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=50942
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Old 04-13-2006, 06:34 PM
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Hello Danduva,

I read the related article at http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=1127

The information given is false.

The price of $1,000 is fiction.

To fabricate and install a support tower
at 100 feet c/w cement foundation, 8" tubular steel and guy wires is
estimated at $2,500 at best not including crane cost.

This wind generator is a vertical axis type. To rate this turbine at 3.5 kw
on a 10 km/h wind, the blade rotor must be 15 feet diameter and 10 feet
high. The cost to built this rotor is approx $3,000.

This wind generator needs to be equipped with a 3.5 kw permanent magnet
alternator and a bridge rectifier charge controller - estimated at $3,750.

Cost summary:
1. Tower $2,500
2. Rotor $3,000
3. Alternator $3,750

total $9,250

The inventor claims a total cost of $1,000 is not true.

El National and Dominican Today should investigate first before publishing
misleading articles about miracle wind turbines, especially vertical axis types.

Georgios.
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Old 04-13-2006, 07:09 PM
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Georgios, the related article you referred to is a page of Dominican Today dated April 13/06 BUT the main article on that page is todays local news about blackouts and dated May 16th??

Dominican today must have switched something.
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Old 04-14-2006, 10:46 AM
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Georgios, the related article you referred to is a page of Dominican Today dated April 13/06 BUT the main article on that page is todays local news about blackouts and dated May 16th??

Dominican today must have switched something.
Dominican Today published this article on April 14, 2006
The link is http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=11271
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Old 04-14-2006, 11:55 PM
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I also didn't believe it. In the U.S., 3.5 kW wind turbines cost over $15,000, maybe more. Thanks for investigating this case.
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