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“Wind Lens” Turbines Could Boost Energy Generation 3X
by Ariel Schwartz, 08/02/10 filed under: Renewable Energy, Wind Power


Forget about traditional tri-blade wind turbines — the ultra-efficient turbine of the future might look completely different if Kyushu University professor Yuji Ohya has anything to say about it. Ohya and his team recently unveiled the Wind Lens, a honeycomb-like structure that purportedly triples the amount of wind energy that can be produced by offshore turbines."