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There has been several startups for the past decades who have tried this an disappeared afterwards.The real and legitimate research, development and improvement of wind turbines have been plagued by fad wind turbines. Fad wind turbines fly around Amazon selling big claims at breakneck speeds.

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I've been interested in this company that has made vertical axis wind turbines for harsh conditions for 40 years: https://windside.com/gallery/

They have very slowly started to sell to wider market. Clearly they have never aimed at being cheapest, but their advertised maintenance free installation is a big plus. And also that the models can generate electricity at wind speeds from 2m/s to 60m/s.

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