Creating a large fleet of vehicles, which gather wind energy and generate
wind generated energy, such as electricity, is impeded by the cost to an
individual vehicle owner. Accordingly, a system and corresponding method
to gather wind energy and deposit stored wind generated energy for system
credit is provided. The present invention includes a vehicle-based wind
energy gathering device to gather wind energy and generate wind generated
energy, a vehicle-based energy storage system, electrically coupled to
the wind energy gathering device, to store wind generated energy, and
means for depositing the stored wind generated energy for system credit.
As such, individual vehicle owners have an incentive to participate in
gathering wind energy and depositing wind generated energy, such as
electricity. By taking advantage of potentially millions of participants
and participating vehicles, the present invention creates a format for
generating energy from multiple forms of wind energy on a wide-scale.