Building Design shows a power-generating "wind dam" designed by architects Chetwoods that uses a giant spinnaker sail slung between mountains to funnel wind into a turbine.
Chetwoods have submitted a proposal to suspend the first wind dam across a gorge at Lake Lagoda in north-west Russia.
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this is amazing, really inventive
plus it looks like something coming from the Greek mythology!!
You need a better rendering program. try rhino, vray, maya or mental ray
Cool, shall we expect one to appear on clerkenwell green next summer then?!
See you there…
very efficient contraption…. they need to take into account some sort of protection from all those flying pigs…. may hamper proceedings a bit
I hope there aren’t too many species of birds that like to fly through that gorge…
Looks like a g-string or a jockstrap strung across the landscape…
Very cool! Did someone propose that to Al Gore?
it is wonderful concept.. but like brian says birds? shear off the sides of sails? shadow issues with water for fish and algae? maybe a clearer fabric?
outstanding though!
champion idea!!!
sorry, but this is one of the biggest bullshit i’ve ever seen… there are much more efficient possibilities to generate natural power without disturbing landscape… please stay a little bit cooler besides all those eco discussions
Thats the best idea I have seem yet. Keep thinking.
When I picture “the future”, I picture crazy-looking, yet practical things all over the place. This really fits in with my idea of “the future”.
oh well… a modern, high security nuclear reactor is doing less harm to nature than this f*ing MONSTER!
what’s next, chetwood? a mega freezer to stop global warming?
seems you can sell every stupid concept in this age of blindfold mass hysteria.
I think the landscape looks cooler now.
But what about a HURRICANE ?
I think its a good start, but me thinks this would not be efficient enough.
I don’t understand how the spinnaker sail is full of wind yet the water on the lake is flat like a millpond.
Of course it's a silly idea, but what fun!