“Wind-it”. New ideas in energy generation.

This year the magazine of design and architecture Metropolishas spent the last edition of his award "Next Generation" the challenge for the new generation of clean energy production. The young French architects Nicola Delon, Julien Choppin and Raphaël Ménard have won the first prize with his interesting project "Wind-it", which involves inserting vertical axis wind turbines on pylons. The most characteristic problems of wind energy often their remoteness from places of power consumption, and the environmental and landscape impact they have on the environment. With this idea would get a more efficient system to be linked with the power supply transmission line, and in turn the impact minoraría landscape by combining both systems in the same elemento.Inspirados in French rural landscapes viewed from the TGV train where pylons erected countless electric turbines and some thought Why not combine?. In this way they set out to consolidate their initial idea, considering different possibilities for the energy mix. On the one hand could be inserted turbines in existing electrical towers mainly in those that are obsolete or require its replacement. Also be built new models that combine both energies, with three different sizes of vertical axis turbines by location.

Various proposals for wind turbine pylons , by size.

Such initiatives are not the first to come to light, because in the editing 2006 these same awards one participant, Mark Oberholzer, posed integrate vertical axis wind turbines barriers that divide the highway traffic state of New Jersey. Or replace the proposed highway information boards for vertical axis wind turbines, performed by an architecture student from Arizona. Companies like Urban Green Energy have implemented ideas, how are you, to install wind turbines or mobile phone masts on the roofs of buildings. In this way would introduce this type of energy in urban preventing transmission thereof over long distances where efficiency is lost.

Medium wind turbine proposal (Mark Oberholzer)
Wind-it project despite being witty and original initiative with great potential, require major economic and technical efforts for implementation. For example common electrical towers should be strengthened to accommodate this type of elements, besides involving added cost vertical axis turbines less economic than conventional. Another aspect is the management of these facilities and to be coordinated with the utilities with wind turbine. Nevertheless it is a project under development that allows ample room for improvement.
Windmills in Teno, Tenerife. Photos: Luis Roca Arencibia, Flickr

3 comments to "Wind-it". New ideas in energy generation.

  • Muy interesante, Ralf, I think the trend will be to generate energy ever more diversified and decentralized technologies using small. That yes, the famous windmills vertical axis I have not ever seen and at the time I searched the net for what Tegueste shaft and found nothing…
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  • Thanks Carlos, I've also been collecting great information on this type of mills. However there is the link to the page Urban Green Energy is talk something about the windmills, namely its low noisiness. If I find more information I will try to write a post.
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  • Anonymous

    I think it's a great idea and well, I think the vertical wind turbines are less dangerous to birds than horizontal. I have not seen close any vertically,but on this website are some pictures:
    http://www.ecovive.com/?p=1513

    Regards