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Wind Catching Systems is developing an offshore wind power generator as high as the Eiffel Tower that could produce renewable energy for 80,000 homes.

Image: Wind Catching Systems Forget the views from the top of the Eiffel Tower, soon you will get better views from the top of a wind turbine! The Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems has unveiled an offshore wind structure, taller than the Eiffel Tower, that could drive down production costs and generate more energy than conventional wind turbines. The floating multi-turbine technology consists of several 1MW turbines and once deployed on a large scale globally, is forecast to cut the size occupied by offshore wind installations on the seabed by 80%. The company estimates just one unit o...

The design interlocks traditional wind turbines into one massive grid In theory, that allows the blades to go faster and poses less of a risk to birds The Windcatcher can go 18 meters per second, compared to the typical 12 mps  Maintenance could be handled via elevator instead of specialized cranes Developers say the structure could be in production as early as 2022 and in the ocean by 2023 

June 14, 2021 Share Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems (WCS) has unveiled its massive green power technology with an array of floating ‘windcatchers’ that it claims can generate five times the annual energy of the world’s most enormous single turbines. If scaled, the colossal windcatchers could reduce wind energy costs enough to be competitive with traditional grid prices. These 1,000 ft (324 m) Windcatcher grids would include multiple smaller turbines (about 117 or more) arranged atop a floating platform anchored to the ocean floor using practices from the gas and oil ind...

A colossal floating grid that’s 1,000-foot (304 meters) tall, which is about the size of the Eiffel Tower, and can power 80,000 homes. That’s what a Norway-based company is proposing for a sustainable and more efficient energy solution.