• Hrishikesh S. Wabale
• Swapnil T. Gunjal
• Rina P. Mhatre
• Md. Gazi Faizan
• Mahesh Patil

Energy is an important aspect in our every day’s life. The resources we use are limited whereas the population consuming the same is increasing day by day. Wind energy is free of cost and available with ease. Tapping of wind energy is essential for the conservation of other non-renewable resources. Wind energy has been harnessed for centuries but it has only emerged as a major part of our energy solution quite recently and this project focus on utilizing wind energy by using vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). This project aims of utilizing this wind energy in most effective manner to get the maximum electric output, and therefore we selected highway as our installation site where we can take the advantage of the moving vehicles on both the sides of the road. In the present work, turbine is design and fabricated as per the specifications, the blades used are semi-circular shape and are connected to the disc which is connected to shaft. Shaft is then coupled with the gear mechanism, and then it is connected to the DC generator, which generates the power. The power developed is stored in battery and then can be used for street lights, signal or toll and many different applications. In this project a small model has been created for testing purpose. This project also aims for maximum output with minimum cost indulges, so that the government can think over this project and can implement this type of vertical axis wind turbine on highways at low cost.

Vertical axis wind turbine, DC generator, Shaft, Gear mechanism

"Design and Fabrication of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine for Generating Electricity ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.597-607, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M89.pdf

"Design and Fabrication of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine for Generating Electricity ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp597-607, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904M89.pdf