Jérôme Michaud-Larivière, founder of a french company known as New Wind, recently finished developing a new, creative way of using wind to generate energy. Instead of big, bulky wind turbines, he made the "Wind Tree." Standing 36 feet tall, this tree has seventy-two steal "leaves" which catches the wind and twirls to create energy. These are especially good to use in the city since you cannot have huge wind turbines, and it can easily catch small wind gusts that blow around buildings. Currently they are installed in parks in Paris. With it being able to capture slow winds at two m/s, the"Wind Tree" is able to have a maximum output of 3.1k.W.
To watch a video of the "Wind Tree" click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84503534&list=UUCTcAWRNKWMUoJwCP9Zkgdg&x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=rDhILtKUZXs
Source: http://www.gizmag.com/wind-tree-fig-leaf-unsightly-turbines/35040/
This would be a neat thing to implement in NYC.
ReplyDeleteHi Arianna, thanks for sharing. Do you think that the wind trees are economically viable?
ReplyDeleteI was going to ask a similar question as Ryan. If they are priced in a way that the city could afford them, it seems as though this could not only create infrastructure jobs but could also reduce the city's carbon footprint significantly.
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