1. The vTurbine™ A High Power Wind Turbine For Low Wind Climates

2. About Us: Dina Nash: Chief Operations Officer M.S. Florida State M.S. Social Administration University of Arkansas. Teaching, Counseling Agency Program Director Environmental Science Camp Program Manager Environmental advocacy in clean water, clean air issues. Wants wind energy to reduce air pollution and U.S. dependence on fossil fuel.

3. About Us: Ron Meyers: Chief Business Architect Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arkansas Chair Environmental Education Research Commission. Ph.D. Natural Resource Management M.A. in Public Policy Management B.S. Planning and Policy in 1986 each from The Ohio State University. Teacher Clinton School of Public Service Chatham University, and University of Chicago. 20 plus years in environmental policy, Ohio EPA Community Extension Service.

4. About Us: L. Van Warren: Chief Technical Officer M.S. Computer Science - Univ. of Utah M.S. Aerospace Engineering - Univ. of Illinois 10 year veteran NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Designed UALR Virtual Reality Laboratory Created First Cloud Free Image of Earth Used for “Earth In The Balance”, Al Gore, Tom Van Sant

5. Wind

6. The Problem Wind Turbines are typically rated at wind speed = 20+ mph. Power grows as cube of speed. It also shrinks as cube of speed!

7. The Problem Wind Turbines are typically rated at wind speed = 20+ mph. Little Rock Seasonal Average 9.6 mph @ 100 feet AGL 7.2 mph @ 50 feet AGL

8. The Solution Use the Venturi Effect to multiply the wind speed. The “average” wind speed is multiplied by the area ratio. Flow is stable, subsonic, and uses off the shelf turbine technology.

9. Development Phases Phase 1: Working Architectural Model Phase 2: Full Scale Prototype Testing Phase 3: Manufacturing

10. THE END FFI: Dina Nash dina_nash@yahoo.com