Patent ID: 8338977

Claim:
A hybrid vertical axis energy apparatus, comprising: a solar device rigidly attached to an upper end of a housing assembly, wherein said solar device captures solar energy from sunlight and converts said solar energy into electrical energy; a motor connected to and in electric communication with said solar device, wherein said motor is coaxially disposed below said solar device; a vertical axle rigidly connected to an axial shaft of said motor, wherein said vertical axle is coaxially positioned within said housing assembly along said vertical axis of said housing assembly, wherein said housing assembly is rotatably connected to said vertical axle; said housing assembly configured to rotate along its vertical axis in response to a force of wind and a force of thermal updraft of air flow; a drive mechanism rigidly attached to said housing assembly, wherein said drive mechanism is in engageable communication with an adjacent drive mechanism attached on an adjacent housing assembly; and an electrical generator rotatably connected to one of said housing assembly and said adjacent housing assembly via one of said drive mechanism and said adjacent drive mechanism respectively, wherein said electrical generator converts mechanical energy produced by rotation of said housing assembly and said adjacent housing assembly into electrical energy; whereby said hybrid vertical axis energy apparatus produces energy.