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This wildly reinvented wind turbine generates five times more energy than its competitors
Except 80% of the world's offshore wind blows in deep waters, where it's difficult to build wind farms. A new design for a radically different kind of wind turbine could begin to change that.
Norwegian company Wind Catching Systems is developing a floating, multi-turbine technology for wind farms that could generate five times the annual energy of the world's largest, single wind turbine. This increased efficiency is due to an innovative design that reinvents the way wind farms look and perform.
Unlike traditional wind turbines, which consist of one pole and three gargantuan blades, the so-called Wind Catcher is articulated in a square grid with over 100 small blades. At 1,000 feet high, the system is over three times as tall as an average wind turbine, and it stands on a floating platform that's anchored to the ocean floor.