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Singaporean creates turbine system with a difference
System does away with huge vertical fans and makes methanol production cheaper
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Andrew Vaz, who designed the Guide Vane Augmented Vertical Axis Wind Turbine that uses huge sails as vertical wings, instead of metal blades.
PHOTO: ANDREW VAZ
Melvinderpal Singh, Melvin Singh and Simon Ang
When naysayers advised against reinventing the wheel, they forgot to send Mr Andrew Vaz the notice.
The Singaporean has taken the design of the electricity-generating turbine system and turned it on its head, literally. Instead of resembling huge vertical fans, Mr Vaz's design looks like a rotor lying flat on the ground.
