WindPower

Greenbird Tries To Be The Fastest Thing On Ice

Somewhere between a race car, a light plane and a yacht there is the Greenbird, a light craft powered only by the wind. Engineer Richard Jenkins is on a mission break both the land and ice world speed records. He's giving it a go on the ice-covered Canyon Ferry Reservoir in Montana attempting to be the fastest sail-powered man ever to race across the face of the earth. Currently the record for a purely sail-powered vehicle on land stands at 116mph and the highest reliable recorded sailing speed on ice is 84mph. Jenkins is hoping to hit a speed of 120mph or even 125mph. In UK land-based trials, Greenbird unofficially touched 120mph when fitted with wheels and he's hoping for a faster speed on ice.

[via The Telegraph]

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Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine For Home Use

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Green

Philippe Starck has been pretty busy designing stuff lately, considering just a few months ago he was proclaiming that "design is dead" and announcing his retirement. I guess the most creative minds have the most persuasive demons, and it seems Starck is trying to learn from his: after proclaiming that "everything he had ever designed was useless" he's now on to designing something truly useful and trendy: a mini-turbine designed for people to use at home to generate their own wind power.

The mini-turbine is made of clear polycarbonate (the lack of color is apparently a statement about there being so much materiality in the world) and is capable of providing 20-60% of the power needs for the average home. It will be available this coming September with a price tag around $600.

Gallery: The Philippe Starck Home Wind Turbine

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Atlanta's Aquarius Tower To Get A Boost From Windpower

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Real Estate Developments

Every condo project wants to be considered "green" these days but some take it further than others. The Aquarius Tower in Atlanta, Georgia is a condo project located near the Georgia Aquarium and Centennial Olympic Park. The 500-foot tower will have a serious commitment to alternative power: a five-floor wind tunnel with about 60 small turbines and rooftop solar panels could provide more than half of the building's power. The project will also recycled building materials and thermally efficient products. Amenities will include a pool, sundeck, fitness center, lounge, media room, guest suite and concierge services. The building will also have Georgia's first automated underground valet service. Prices start as low as the $300,000s to the $900,000s and penthouses will range from $1 to $2.5 million. It is hoped that construction on the $70 million project will begin this spring with an estimated completion in 2010.

[via the Atlanta Journal-Constitution]

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