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A wind turbine apparatus including a shaft, two wind turbines, and a two-piece alternator. The turbines and the alternator are mounted on the shaft. The alternator is located between the turbines. The alternator includes a circular permanent magnet component fixed to the first turbine, and a circula

A wind turbine apparatus including a shaft, two wind turbines, and a two-piece alternator. The turbines and the alternator are mounted on the shaft. The alternator is located between the turbines. The alternator includes a circular permanent magnet component fixed to the first turbine, and a circular electrical winding component fixed to the second turbine so that, when an effective wind blows in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the first turbine and the circular magnet component will rotate around the shaft in a first direction and the second turbine and the circular winding component will rotate around the shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby generating electrical energy.

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1. A Savonius-type wind turbine apparatus comprising a shaft, a first wind turbine, a second wind turbine, and a two-piece alternator, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the first wind turbine, the second wind turbine and the alternator being mounted on the shaft, the alternator being located bet

1. A Savonius-type wind turbine apparatus comprising a shaft, a first wind turbine, a second wind turbine, and a two-piece alternator, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the first wind turbine, the second wind turbine and the alternator being mounted on the shaft, the alternator being located between the first wind turbine and the second wind turbine, the alternator comprising (a) a circular magnet component fixed to the first wind turbine, and (b) a circular winding component fixed to the second wind turbine so that, when an effective wind blows in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, (1) the first wind turbine and the circular magnet component will rotate around the shaft in a first direction and (2) the second wind turbine and the circular winding component will rotate around the shaft in a second direction opposite the first direction, thereby generating electrical energy, the wind turbine apparatus being further characterized in that the first turbine comprises a first disc, a second disc and at least two blades, the shaft extending through a center of each disc, each blade extending from the first disc to the second disc and from a location adjacent the shaft to a location further away from the shaft, the first turbine comprising a third disc, the shaft extending through a center of the third disc, the second disc being located between the first disc and the third disc, at least two blades extending from the second disc to the third disc and from a location adjacent the shaft to a location further away from the shaft, the two blades extending from the first disc to the second disc defining a first substantially S-shaped configuration, the two blades extending from the second disc to the third disc defining a second substantially S-shaped configuration which is oriented substantially perpendicular to the first substantially S-shaped configuration. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, the first wind turbine having a plurality of blades, each blade extending from a location adjacent the shaft to a location further away from the shaft; the second wind turbine having a plurality of blades, each blade extending from a location adjacent the shaft to a location further away from the shaft. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, the first wind turbine comprising a pair of blades which, together, define a substantially S-shaped configuration extending through the longitudinal axis. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a third wind turbine mounted on the shaft, the second wind turbine being located between the first wind turbine and the third wind turbine, a second alternator being located between the second wind turbine and the third wind turbine, the second alternator comprising a first component fixed to the second wind turbine and a second component fixed to the third wind turbine so that, when the effective wind blows in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, the third wind turbine will rotate around the shaft in the same direction that the first wind turbine rotates around the shaft. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, the first disc having a peripheral portion which is tapered. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first wire conduit extending (a) at least from the first disc to the second disc and (b) parallel to and adjacent to the shaft. 7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the straight-line distance from one edge of the S-shaped configuration to the other edge of the S-shaped configuration is 25-500 cm. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the distance from the first disc to the second disc is 35-700 cm. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one blade extends into a groove in the first disc and into a groove in the second disc. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, at least one of the blades located between the first and second discs having an outside edge (42), the first disc having an outer diameter periphery, said outer diameter periphery extending from the shaft a greater distance than said outside edge (42) extends from the shaft so that the outside edge (42) is inset with respect to the outer diameter periphery. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, the first disc having a bottom flat central portion (51) and a lower tapered peripheral portion (48), the bottom flat central portion (51) meeting the lower tapered peripheral portion (48) at a boundary line (45), the outside edge (42) terminating at the boundary line (45). 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the ratio of (a) the straight-line distance from one edge (43) of the first substantially S-shaped configuration to the other edge (42) of the first substantially S-shaped configuration to (b) the height of the first substantially S-shaped configuration from disc to disc is between 1.5 to 1 and 1 to 1.5.