Wind power faces challenges, including political pushback from President Trump and rising costs, as seen with onshore wind prices reaching $61 per megawatt-hour. Neal Rickner, CEO of AirLoom Energy, believes his startup can navigate these turbulent times by introducing a unique wind turbine design. Instead of traditional tall turbines, AirLoom utilizes a system with shorter blades on a movable track. They have begun constructing a pilot site in Wyoming that could yield 150 kilowatts of electricity and serve as a precursor to larger, more efficient systems in the future.
"People are feeling the pain of $60 megawatt-hour pricing already. Our modeling shows we can do that with a first-of-a-kind system."
"We've got it all in the simulation. Now we gotta go build it," Rickner said about the pilot system.
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