Mini portable wind turbines make clean energy to charge smartphones anywhere

New wind turbines have been developed as new personal power stations that people can bring anywhere they go. The miniature, personal-sized wind turbines, called Trinity, can allow people to create their own clean energy at any place to charge gadgets or even electric cars.

The US-based clean energy startup, Janulus, said that the Trinity will make its first wind turbine hit the market in late 2015. The first model of the personal-sized wind turbine was successfully crowdfunded in 2014 on Kickstarter, and new versions have been developed in four different sizes and switches for the global market.

The developers Einar and Agust Agustsson, two brothers from Iceland, said the smallest model, called Trinity 50, was developed as a 12-inch wind turbine that can easily fit inside a backpack when disassembled. The Trinity 50 can generate about 50 watts of electricity with its 7,500mAh Lithium-ion battery capable to store enough power to recharge a smartphone three or four times as well as a tablet or notebook.

The company has now redesigned the Trinity 50 into three more powerful turbines called the Trinity 400, 1000 and 2500. The new models are larger versions with enhanced size and levels of power generation.

The Trinity 400 is able to power small appliances, while the Trinity 1000 can provide power for caravans. The largest version of the turbines. Meanwhile, the Trinity 2500 has a battery that can charge a single smartphone 160 to 170 times.

The Trinity 2500 "generates and stores power to run small appliances or to charge your home, electric car and laptop, phone or other gadget," Agust Agustsson, vice president of Janulus, added.

The Agustsson brothers said that high cost of electricity and the harmful effects of the carbon fuels inspired them to create the technology after spending a few years in the U.S. "We come from a country that is completely run on renewable energy," they said pointing to Iceland’s adaptation of clean energy resources.

The company aimed to develop a portable product that can give people easy access to sustainable energy, which was why the first Trinity turbine was built, to reduce the energy bill, the Agustssons said. The low cost wind turbines can be controlled with smartphones where an app allows users to monitor the battery level and how much electricity is being generated.

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