Saphon Energy has come up with a wind generator called, “The Saphonian” and describes it as a “blade free, non rotational system”.   The company claims it is more efficient than traditional blade turbines, is less harmful to birds, is significantly quieter than blade turbines, yet is 45% less expensive to manufacture.  This new wind energy device has won several innovation awards and has landed a strategic alliance with Microsoft.

Image above licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.

For more info check out the videos below