USA - The Democratic Ecology Vertical Axis Wind Turbine for household energy production

Who says you can’t have renewable energy with residential wind power and also have style at the same time? Perhaps the designer of this unique vertical axis wind turbine was taking note of Dan Parker’s brilliant Spiral Wind Turbine!

Engadget and Inhabitat are both running articles this morning of a unique vertical axis wind turbine named ‘Democratic Ecology’. The small wind turbine that has been designed by prolific product design star Philippe Starck was created with home wind power in mind. Starck’s wind generator was created so ‘enable every man, woman and child on Earth to generate their own power in designer style’. Hey, who can blame him. A lot of residential wind turbines aren’t exactly built with aesthetics in mind.

The residential windmill can generate 20-60% of the energy needed to power a home, at a price point of around 400 Euros ($633). Not realistically within everyone’s budget, but by combining creativity and elegance with ecology Starck will hopefully encourage more people to take greener steps. And for those who don’t want their conservation pieces to be conversation pieces, a subtler version has been proposed.

The transparent small wind turbine will be available to all late 2008 and, in typical Starck style, if everyone’s going to have one he’s going to make sure they all look great.

For more information, please contact Trevor Sievert at ts@windfair.net