A Wind Power Plant for the Office
The 30-foot WindTree is designed as a localized urban generator.
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Innovator Jérôme Michaud-Larivière
Age 58
General manager of NewWorldWind, a subsidiary of a French industrial group
Form and function
NewWorldWind’s 30-foot-tall metal structure houses 54 small turbines for localized wind-power production. The WindTree is meant to help urban businesses and governments supplement their conventional energy supplies.