A method of controlling a turbine of a floating wind turbine structure to reduce fatigue of moorings of the floating wind turbine structure includes curtailing the turbine based on a pitching motion of the floating wind turbine structure and on a wind direction at the floating wind turbine structure relative to an orientation of the moorings of the floating wind turbine structure. Optionally, the curtailment may be further based on a degree of displacement of the floating wind turbine structure from a reference location.

A method of controlling a turbine of a floating wind turbine structure to reduce fatigue of moorings of the floating wind turbine structure includes curtailing the turbine based on a pitching motion of the floating wind turbine structure and on a wind direction at the floating wind turbine structure relative to an orientation of the moorings of the floating wind turbine structure. Optionally, the curtailment may be further based on a degree of displacement of the floating wind turbine structure from a reference location.

A tower and a wind turbine and be able to shoot water from the center point of a three to five blade wind turbine in a concentrated direction and from the blades to disperse water/fire retardant in a light to heavy spray from the tips of the blades covering a wider area for creating clean energy and suppressing wildfires.

A tower and a wind turbine and be able to shoot water from the center point of a three to five blade wind turbine in a concentrated direction and from the blades to disperse water/fire retardant in a light to heavy spray from the tips of the blades covering a wider area for creating clean energy and suppressing wildfires.

An improved method and apparatus for determining the amount of lubricant dispensed to a rail, adjusting the amount of available lubricant for dispensing based on the amount of lubricant remaining, and advising the operator of same. The apparatus includes a reservoir of lubricant suspended from a load beam having load cells communicating with a microprocessor and a controller to determine the amount of lubricant remaining within the reservoir on a real-time basis as lubricant is dispersed. The method includes the determination of the amount of lubricant remaining and, following dispensing additional lubricant, re-determining the amount of lubricant remaining. In this manner, an operator may prepare a schedule for replenishment of the reservoirs of various lubricating stations based on feedback of the remaining amount of lubricant remaining. Thus, an operator may predict track downtime for refilling of a plurality of lubricating stations and schedule such to minimized track downtime.

The invention relates to a floating windmill installation (1, 1′, 1″), wherein the floating windmill installation (1, 1′, 1″) comprises: —a windmill (10, 10′) comprising a tower (14), —a floating installation (20, 20′) comprising an aperture (22) penetrating the floating installation (1, 1′, 1″) for accommodating the tower (14), and—means for raising and lowering the tower (14) up and down through the aperture (22).

The invention relates to a floating windmill installation (1, 1′, 1″), wherein the floating windmill installation (1, 1′, 1″) comprises: —a windmill (10, 10′) comprising a tower (14), —a floating installation (20, 20′) comprising an aperture (22) penetrating the floating installation (1, 1′, 1″) for accommodating the tower (14), and—means for raising and lowering the tower (14) up and down through the aperture (22).

A hand-held portable mobile device, and a method of use, to generate electricity to charge mobile devices, such as smart phones, by using the kinetic energy of the user's own exhaling air or a manual pump. The device consists of two units; a blowing tube unit and a coupling generator unit. The generator unit include a mechanical part and an electrical part. The mechanical part comprises a freely spinning hollow shaft driven by the force of the user's exhaled air entering into the shaft and then exiting the shaft from narrow orifices of multiple L-shaped pipes configured on the shaft so that the forceful exit of the air from the pipes creates a reactional force that causes the hollow shaft to rotate rapidly. The speed of the shaft's rotation is then further augmented by coupling gears. The rotational force is transmitted to the rotor of a coupling DC generator inside the housing of the generator unit. The electricity thus produced by the generator can be directly delivered to a connected mobile device to be charged via power outlet. In another preferred embodiment, the produced electricity can be stored in coupling capacitor and/or internal battery incorporated within the generator unit. The apparatus further includes a pressure regulator to limit the air pressure entering the device and a second electric regulator to prevent overcharging.

A hand-held portable mobile device, and a method of use, to generate electricity to charge mobile devices, such as smart phones, by using the kinetic energy of the user's own exhaling air or a manual pump. The device consists of two units; a blowing tube unit and a coupling generator unit. The generator unit include a mechanical part and an electrical part. The mechanical part comprises a freely spinning hollow shaft driven by the force of the user's exhaled air entering into the shaft and then exiting the shaft from narrow orifices of multiple L-shaped pipes configured on the shaft so that the forceful exit of the air from the pipes creates a reactional force that causes the hollow shaft to rotate rapidly. The speed of the shaft's rotation is then further augmented by coupling gears. The rotational force is transmitted to the rotor of a coupling DC generator inside the housing of the generator unit. The electricity thus produced by the generator can be directly delivered to a connected mobile device to be charged via power outlet. In another preferred embodiment, the produced electricity can be stored in coupling capacitor and/or internal battery incorporated within the generator unit. The apparatus further includes a pressure regulator to limit the air pressure entering the device and a second electric regulator to prevent overcharging.

Surface modification control stations and methods in a globally distributed array for dynamically adjusting the atmospheric, terrestrial and oceanic properties. The control stations modify the humidity, currents, wind flows and heat removal rate of the surface and facilitate cooling and control of large area of global surface temperatures. This global system is made of arrays of multiple sub-systems that monitor climate and act locally on weather with dynamically generated local forcing & perturbations for guiding in a controlled manner aim at long-term modifications. The machineries are part of a large-scale system consisting of an array of many such machines put across the globe at locations called the control stations. These are then used in a coordinated manner to modify large area weather and the global climate as desired. The energy system installed at a control stations, with multiple machines to change the local parameters of the ocean, these stations are powered using renewable energy (RE) sources including Solar, Ocean Currents, Wind, Waves and Batteries to store energy and provide sufficient power and energy as required and available at all hours. This energy is then used to do directed work using special machines, that can be pumps for seawater to move ocean water either amplifying or changing the currents in various locations and at different depths, in addition it will have machineries for changing the vertical depth profile of the ocean of temperature, salinity and currents. Control stations will also directly use devices such as heat pumps to change the temperatures of local water either at surface or at controlled depths, or modify the humidity and salinity to change the atmospheric and oceanic properties as desired. The system will work in a globally coordinated manner applying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to learn from observations to improve the control characteristics and aim to slow down the rise of global surface temperatures. These systems are used to reduce the temperatures of coral reefs, arctic glaciers and south pacific to control the El Nino oscillations.