Although it’s getting increasingly common to see solar panels on the roofs of homes, household wind turbines are still a fairly rare sight.
If Rotterdam-based tech firm The Archimedes has its way, however, that will soon change.
Today the company officially introduced its Liam F1 Urban Wind Turbine, which is said to have an energy yield that is “80 percent of the maximum that is theoretically feasible.” That’s quite the assertion, given that most conventional wind turbines average around 25 to 50 percent.
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