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New London tower topped with turbines
photo by herbrm (source: Flickr Creative Commons)
The buzz around London’s new Strata SE1 skyscraper isn’t coming from the 3 wind turbines that crown its razor-like pinnacle, but from the attention this futuristic piece of architecture is garnering.
The tower is part of a project to regenerate the central London neighborhood of Elephant and Castle. The rejuvenation project has been praised by a former U.S. president as an example of ‘sustainable growth’. No need for any obvious Clinton jokes there, I think.
From an article in the Guardian:
While wind speeds in the concrete jungle at the tower’s base would render a wind turbine pointless, at 42 storeys up they are capable of 35mph gusts – a serious challenge for the workers who created the complex steel structure – and are projected to generate 8% of the building’s electricity needs.
The Strata SE1 definitely looks cool and I’m glad it has some wind turbines. These will generate money via that feed-in tariff scheme that George Monbiot hates. After all, rich people who live in luxury skyscrapers need all the clean energy subsides they can get.
by Graham Land
Additional resources:
Guardian slideshow – The Strata ‘Razor’ tower: the cutting-edge of eco-construction
Building – First images: Brookfield’s Elephant & Castle tower takes shape
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Sorry, THREE turbines with 5 blades each, rather than the customary 3 blades. This is meant to cut down on noise.
Thanks, P!
5 wind turbines?