March 9, 2006
WindStor Wind Turbine Improvement
McKenzie Bay International, Ltds. (OTC BB: MKBY) subsidiary WindStor Power Company has retained Analytical Design Service Corp., an Ann Arbor, Michigan engineering firm, to enhance the prototype WindStor design, as modified, for a 200kW unit, to improve output and efficiency. Analytical Design Service Corp. has advised WindStor Power that it expects that the output from the 200kW until will be approximately 460,000kW annually in average winds of 15.4mph, as opposed to the expected 262,000kWh annually output in the same winds from the original 200kW prototype design. At an assumed price of electricity of $.125 per kWh each turbine could produce additional revenue annually of $22,000 to $24,000 based upon such an assumed average wind speed. No 200kW turbines have yet been installed by WindStor Power Company.
The WindStor turbine is designed to overcome basic disadvantages encountered by previous vertical axis wind turbines. The primary improvement is the elevation of the blades to the top of the tower with an improved hub and attachment assembly designed to improve performance and streamline maintenance. With the blade placement at the top of a tower, WindStor is designed to take maximum advantage of its omni-directional power generation capacities.
WindStor® is a wind energy system designed to generate and distribute electricity at urban and off-grid facilities with a "WindStor® Vertical Axis Wind Turbine" and a proprietary "System Integrator." WindStor® is owned by WindStor Power Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of McKenzie Bay International, Ltd. Additional information about WindStor® can be found at www.mckenziebay.com.
For further information about this release contact, Investor Relations Richard Kaiser, YES INTERNATIONAL -- yes@yesinternational.com and/or WindStor Power Co. -- 1-(248)-212-0834 info@mckenziebay.comThis information statement contains statements that are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as 'estimates,' 'anticipates,' 'plans,' 'believes,' 'projects,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'predicts,' 'future,' 'may,' 'potential,' 'contemplates,' 'will,' 'should,' 'could,' 'would' or the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. These statements relate to the Company's future operations and financial performance or other future events. These statements are only predictions and not guarantees of future success. Many of the forward-looking statements are based on assumptions about future events that may prove inaccurate. Actual events, results, performance or achievements may differ materially from the events, results, performance or achievements discussed in the forward-looking statements. McKenzie Bay