Wind Power Trees Paris
French company newwind are to introduce tree shaped wind turbines to the streets of paris this march.
Wind power trees paris. New wind estimates the trees could meet half of the average french household s annual energy needs or run a small low consumption office. Trees add value to a home. Last december two wind trees or arbres à vent quietly churned in a plaza in paris as world leaders met for the historic climate talks at the le bourget conference center nearby. Newwind will be testing a tree in paris s place de la concorde between march 12 and may 12 of this year allowing the public to see how the turbine functions in a normal setting.
They ve been used in france for years and will branching out to the united states in early 2019. For 1 windtree windbush modular tree purchased new world wind gets 10 trees planted and will give you a certificate of your tree. About 40 more. Wind trees from new world wind also can add electricity.
The wind trees as they are called look just like a 25m metal and plastic tree only their leaves can spin on a vertical axis. He is the first to admit the efficiency of the trees is low compared to more consistent currents higher up but believes the 23 500 trees are more viable and less intrusive than monstrous conventional wind turbines the 26 foot high trees which use tiny blades inside the leaves could potentially be profitable after a year of wind speeds averaging 7 8 mph. Electricity generating wind trees will power paris place de la concorde by kindra cooper february 2 2015 other rendering of the wind tree which is designed to integrate with an urban. French company new wind is installing the first at place de la concorde in paris and is hoping to expand throughout the country and abroad.
The trees currently retail at 23 500 33 670. I want to plant a tree. The trees stand at over 9 metres tall and 7 metres wide sporting a total of 54 green leaf turbines that can capture up to 5 4 kilowatts of energy at a time and produce around 2 400 kwh annually. Together we can aim for a greener world and cherish the nature that gave us everything.