Devices for converting wind energy into other
usable forms of energy are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a wind device having at least one but more preferably two vertically directed cylindrical windmills are disposed on the ends of a “V” shaped structure so that half of each
windmill is exposed to contact by the wind moving along the outer surface of the “V” as the point of the “V” is aimed into the wind. In this configuration, the other half of each
windmill is located within the “V” shaped structure where this half does not come into contact with the wind. As a result, the wind contacting the outside half of each
windmill causes the windmill to rotate. Each rotating windmill is mechanically connected to a device to convert the rotation of the windmills into another form of energy. In a variant of this embodiment, the vanes are located a distance from the axis of rotation in order to generate more torque in light winds. In another variant of the invention, wind devices are located in locations where there is a relatively large amount of wind such as on cars, trucks, busses, trains, ships, bicycles or airplanes, near on or in tunnels or near the ends of runways so that
propeller blast or jet wash from departing aircraft may be captured by the invention and converted into
usable energy as described above.