A series of breakthrough inventions by Bernd Melchior, founder of Bluenergy AG, has led to the development and successful testing of the world’s first self-contained hybrid system. Solar cells coated with his fluoropolymer (Teflon-like) process capture sunlight from any angle and can be affixed to curved surfaces, making it possible to completely cover, with productive solar cells, the turbine’s curved wind vanes and the dome-shaped base enclosing its generator and inverter.
Melchior’s naturalistic double-helix, vertical axis turbine design generates electricity in breezes as low as 4 mph and is designed to produce power in winds up to 90 mph.
