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Who won the James Dyson Award?

Two young inventors from Chile and Kenya, inspired by the example of NASA’s planetary rover, decided to learn how to harness the power of wind in large cities.

Who won the James Dyson Award

In cities, the wind is unpredictable and its direction is constantly changing. It’s being pulled down to the pavement and then blown upward to the rooftops. The wind is moving chaotically, rendering conventional wind turbines simply useless.

The authors of the urban wind turbine project, Nicolas Orellana of Chile and Yaseen Noorani of Kenya, a new generation of talented engineers, are the 2018 winners.

The O-Wind turbine is designed to draw power even from such fickle winds and even on particularly windy days.

How the O-Wind turbine works?

The O-Wind turbine is a 25-centimeter sphere with regular shaped holes. It is mounted on a stationary axis and spins in all wind gusts, regardless of direction. When the wind drives the machine, the gears activate a generator that converts the wind’s energy into electricity. The turbine can be used as a direct prime mover or fed into the public power grid. Nicholas and Yassin suggest installing O-Wind turbines on large urban structures, such as building facades or balconies, where wind speeds are highest.

Nicolas Orellana of Chile and Yassin Noorani

Nicolas Orellana said, “

We hope the O-Wind turbine will make wind turbines more practical and affordable for people all over the world. There is a lot of wind flow in the cities, but we are not exploiting this resource. We think that if we can produce clean energy more easily, people will be more willing to care about our planet. Winning the international James Dyson Award validated our decisions. Our project has already attracted a lot of attention, and now we are confident that it will develop further. We’re already negotiating with investors and hope to close an agreement in the next few months

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  1. Jackson Quinn

    Could you please inform us who the winner of the James Dyson Award is? We are curious to know which innovative project or invention stood out in this prestigious competition.

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