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Re:The Future of Wind Turbines: No Blades by mst on Saturday May 16, 2015 @12:17PM (#9556624)
My first thought was "even if this is less efficient, the silence and lack-of-bird-killing means it would be viable to install places where NIMBYism etc. mean that traditional turbines can't be".

i.e. it may be sufficiently in the game to compete effectively against "no turbines" even if it can't compete against turbines directly.

Re:The Future of Wind Turbines: No Blades by PopeOfNope on Saturday May 16, 2015 @12:46PM (#9556728)
It also seems like you'd be able to fit more of them into the same space. The company also claims that they're (allegedly) cheaper to manufacture and are (allegedly) cheaper to maintain. Even if the efficiency is less than those of a traditional windmill, it would still make sense to use them from a cost savings perspective alone.

That's if everything the company claims is true. Too many other alternative energy companies have made similar claims and failed to follow through for me to take this with anything other than a grain of salt.

edited for clarity.