Improving site assessment tools in emerging technologies: The case of highway vertical-axis wind turbines in the United States

The Use of Renewable Energy Sources in Road Construction and Public Transport: A Review

“…The use of a VAWT (vertical-axis wind turbine) instead of an HAWT (horizontal-axis wind turbine) does not require their orientation. As stated in [82][83][84][85], the appropriate selection of parameters for VAWTs with a height of up to 1.5 m, placed on concrete protective barriers separating traffic lanes on highways in the USA (Figure 18), enables the generation of mechanical and electrical energy from the kinetic energy of the flow air. The indicated kinetic energy of air masses depends on the speed of moving vehicles, their number, and their distance from the wind turbine rotors.…”

“…Legal regulation still requires many aspects, e.g., repairs and inspections of wind turbines, which should be carried out at night, with the traffic lane in the immediate vicinity closed. It would also be necessary to develop new rules for snow removal from roads to prevent damage to wind farms, as well as to limit the use of salt for road de-icing, as it could accelerate the corrosion of turbine structural elements [82].…”

“…Conceptual models of wind turbines on protective barriers on the I64 highway in St. Louis, USA (copyright publisher: Elsevier, 2020, from[82]). …”