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Apple Wind Turbine PatentCritics of wind power all like to point out the same problem with turbine technology: "What happens when the wind doesn't blow"? Apple, usually a maker of products that consume energy, recently filed for a patent that may answer that question once and for all. The tech giant's latest patent details a wind turbine that generates electricity from heat energy rather than rotational energy created by the rotation of the unit's blades. According to the patent, this could allow wind energy to be stored in a “low-heat capacity fluid” which could then be tapped on an as-needed basis, i.e. whenever the wind dies down.1
Apple Wind Turbine PatentCritics of wind power all like to point out the same problem with turbine technology: "What happens when the wind doesn't blow"? Apple, usually a maker of products that consume energy, recently filed for a patent that may answer that question once and for all. The tech giant's latest patent details a wind turbine that generates electricity from heat energy rather than rotational energy created by the rotation of the unit's blades. According to the patent, this could allow wind energy to be stored in a “low-heat capacity fluid” which could then be tapped on an as-needed basis, i.e. whenever the wind dies down.2
