Wind Tree

According to AI: Netherlands has introduced the “Wind Tree,” a vertical structure covered with hundreds of small, leaf-shaped turbines that generate electricity from even minimal wind. Unlike conventional wind turbines, these trees blend seamlessly into urban or park landscapes while producing renewable energy.

Every few months since I got into the renewable energy business 16 years ago, I’ve seen artists’ rendering of this idea.  I agree that it’s attractive to the eye and to the imagination. I also think it would make a fabulous science project.

Yet it has no practical value.  Bazillions of tiny moving parts that generate incredibly small electric currents can’t possibly make sense in the real world.