Renewable energy ideal - wind turbine on wheels to capture hurricane power?

Question

Is it possible to get a giant mobile wind turbine on wheels that can be placed in hurricanes in order to collect large amounts of energy?

For example, how about a very rugged turbine(like propeller you would use for planes going 500 MPH) and a energy storage device that converts aluminum oxide to aluminum(high energy potential material/released energy = thermite reaction) for example. With hydrogen, you waste energy compressing... so preferrably some energy conversion system that gives solids or liquids. Then just pump the fuel to anywhere and convert it to electricity.

YEAH???

Answer 1

well your imagination is impressive but the invention is what you have to do. your calculation is right. no one have done it before so it doesn't mean that it is impossible but the main obstacle in your path is that the power of the hurricane is great it can blow all the machine with it but if there is a will there is a way. so never loss your hope. if you are able to make such machine than it will a revolution for power. there will be no power crisis anymore. it is also renewable and pollution free so you will be rocking for your invasion for many year ahead. so do it dude.

Answer 2

If it was possible some engineer would have invented something by now.  I always think anything was possible but the winds are too strong to harness the power of a hurricane or tornado.

I did see a cork s***w type of wind mill and that is the only one that may hold up in a strong wind.

Don't give up hope because everything is possible.   The latest is the "Worlds Cleanest Car" that runs on compressed air.  Think of the possibilities.

"After fourteen years of research and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of the biggest technological advances of this century. Its application to Compressed Air Technology(CAT) vehicles gives them significant economical and environmental advantages. With the incorporation of bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) the CAT Vehicles have increased their driving range to close to 2000 km with zero pollution in cities and considerably reduced pollution outside urban areas.

   The application of the MDI engine in other areas, outside the automotive sector, opens a multitude of possibilities in nautical fields, co-generation, auxiliary engines, electric generators groups, etc. Compressed air is a new viable form of power that allows the accumulation and transport of energy. MDI is very close to initiating the production of a series of engines and vehicles. The company is financed by the sale of manufacturing licenses and patents all over the world."

Answer 3

It is not possible to make strong enough and big enough turbines that are also portable, and any way, hurricanes do not happen often enough. And just imagine the amount of fuel and number of workers and the time that would be needed to move these giant machines! Far better to build thousands of turbines permanently installed in locations that see moderately strong winds most of the year. Winds strong enough to make lots of power but not so strong as to damage the turbines. Winds than blow almost every day and not only one or two days out of the year. That is being done already.

And your energy storage ideas sound like they would store very little energy and require a great deal of trouble to implement.

Answer 4

I think this is a good idea except that hurricane season is only from jun - dec andd if you were to invest and build a turbine that could be placed on the coast I think it should be a wave generator.  Due to the fact that if a hurricane comes they will produce the same amount of energy year round and make up for the months were there is no hurricane.