Goal For The Green

As you  may recall, Google hosted a contest last year. The winner in the category for wind turbines/power, was the Jellyfish Wind Turbine from Clarian technologies.  I thought this was such an innovative idea, I posted about it in January 2009, as Jellyfish Windpower , and updated the topic again in June 2009, as JellyFish Plug-In Windpower .

The JellyFish, is a great innovation in Wind Turbines. It changes the public perspective, that a wind turbine should be big, expensive, and has to be, more than 30 feet tall. The Jellyfish has dimensions of only 48” x 36” (1.2m x 0.9m), and weighs about 30 pounds.  Roughly, it is able to generate about 40 kWh / a month, on an average windy day. That’s enough to power a room with CFL light bulbs, a blender, or a toaster. There is no fancy setup, to use the Jellyfish. Just plug it directly, into electrical sockets. It also comes with Wi-Fi and WiMax, modules.

The Genius behind Jellyfish, is Seattle’s  Chad Maqlaque.  He visions that, “We could have 10,000 of these sitting in a city, when  networked—it’s like a virtual utility…”

The Jellyfish Wind Turbine, is not available for market, just yet, but will be in 2011.  However, you can sign up online(Below) for pre- order,to be sure to get yours, through their site, at clariantechnologies.com. It’s expected to retail for around $400. At higher production volumes, the prices may be dropped to $199. This is where if we start demanding these products, more will be made, and they should become cheaper.

My friend Linda, at Forced Green, recently posted about the JellyFish, and the SunFish.  We both love the idea, of what these products can do.  Let’s work together, by contacting QVC and Costco, so we can help get these products, on the shelves.  These two companies, have been quite helpful, in getting new and innovative products on the market, and they’ve been doing it for years. Together, we can all be working, toward better and greener tomorrows for everyone!

What would these tools do for your business, and your POCKETS?

Back on January 26, 2009, I posted about Chad Maglaque’s plug-in windpower device. He calls it the Jellyfish. It is his entry to Google’s Project 10 to 100th. The project is a call for ideas, with the potential to change the world, by helping as many people as possible.

It is Maglaque’s hope that the Jellyfish becomes as affordable and acsessable to the world of renewable energy, as PC’s have become to the computer industry.  He entered the Jellyfish in the Google contest, to be able to obtain funding necessary for safety testing and certification.

To date, Google has received more than 150,000 enteries, representing 25 different languages worldwide.  It has taken longer than anticipated to review all those entries, and narrow the field.  Be sure to Sign Up to Be Automatically Notified By Google When Voting Opens!

Google will award $10 million amongst five innovative ideas that are capable of changing the world.  Maglaque’s You-tube entry is one of the most watched projects entered in  the contest.

Clarian Technologies, a research and development firm, focuses on developing technologies that help energy and transportation organizations.  Their goal is to help these organizations benefit and profit from the latest advances in energy related technology and information.  They have committed to helping Mr. Maglaque bring the Jellyfish Wind Appliance to market sometime in 2010.

Everything you want to know about the Jellyfish Wind Appliance,  along with questions and answers, can be found by clicking the link above.  Here is a helpful tutorial and Guided Tour on windpower technology that may be of interest to you also.

Best of luck to Chad Maglaque, and Special Thanks to Clarian Technologies.  They are definetly working toward many better tomorrows!

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Back on January 26, 2009, I posted about Chad Maglaque’s plug-in windpower device. He calls it the Jellyfish. It is his entry to Google’s Project 10 to 100th. The project is a call for ideas, with the potential to change the world, by helping as many people as possible.

Originally, today you were suppose to be able to vote for your favorite entry to the contest.  However, due to overwhelming response they are requiring more time to get through all the entries and narrow it down to the top candidates.  Be sure to sign-up for an update here.