It's very possible that I misinterpreted the situation as effectively I got to this information through an overheard in discussions with other fluid dynamicists in school. I thought the information presented is kind of interesting, so I was surprised that no one continued to pursue this avenue of research. I'm glad that you find this interesting, perhaps this knowledge could be put to good use. Although, there may be there are other factors that I'm not aware of impacting the real world performance of this, as my specialty is not in wind turbines (not yet anyway).
