• Shinde Mahesh Eknath

At present, most of the world’s energy comes from the combustion of fossil fuels. There are various fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum oils, natural gas, and etc. Fossil fuels are limited. Hence to provide alternative solution to fossil fuels, Wind energy is the most potential renewable energy resource. Wind power can be an alternative power source for producing electricity both on large scale and small scale. There is a rapid growth in wind power development globally. Horizontal axis mainly used in large scale applications and thus its implementation is generally a concern due to huge installment setup and initial cost. Recently Vertical-axis wind turbines have received a lot interest for wind energy harvesting for off-shore applications and in urban environment. VAWTs have several advantages over horizontal-axis wind turbines due to Omni directional capability, low noise, low manufacturing, low maintenance costs, low installation, and scalability. This review works focuses on wind energy harvesting using vertical axis wind turbine for urban environment, advantages over horizontal axis wind turbine, various types of VAWTs, Various design parameters and their effect on performance of VAWTs

wind turbine, vertical axis wind turbine, wind energy.

"A REVIEW ON VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENT ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.207-212, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06036.pdf

"A REVIEW ON VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE FOR URBAN ENVIRONMENT ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp207-212, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06036.pdf