Passive Variable Geometry

An energy conversion solution that allows efficient energy production by low-altitude (urban) blowing winds

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Identification

Until now, standard wind energy solutions have focused on the predictable behaviour of winds: the regular, laminar flow found only at high altitudes. However, winds can have much more varied behaviours. Windcity has developed, patented and produces a Passive Variable Geometry turbine, an energy conversion solution to allow efficient energy production by low-altitude blowing winds, enabling the utilisation of wind in urban areas for the benefit of society.

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Label Date November 14, 2022

By Windcity

From Italy

Maturity stage Prototype testing in the real world

Looking For New clients, Visibility, Funding, Partners

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The environmental benefits

•Urban wind applications have a great potential increase in energy harvesting: the turbulent wind power lost with conventional tech is fully recovered as a circular input by our solution, which offers up to a net +67% energy production.
•Urban winds come in many short gusts of 3-5 minutes duration: conventional wind tech use this time to slowly speed-up before starting to produce
•Being fast to speed-up and starting to produce during the short wind gust requires acceleration: in a turbulent average wind of 18 km/h our solution displays up to 8 times (800x) higher acceleration compared to standard wind tech..
•Up to 100% of the urban wind today wasted can be recovered: this translates to +65% overall energy production in the urban environment
•Up to 45% CO2 emission reduction in wind turbine production
•Average 60% of the blade materials from recycled fibers

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The Financial benefits

•in an urban wind site, pay 0,108 €/kWh equivalent energy price, that is only a 30% of the average 2022 energy price
•Save up to 40% of the wind energy installed costs: our rooftop installation uses the existing building as a wind tower

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Activity Region

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Europe

Andorra, Albania, Austria, Åland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Faroe Islands, France, United Kingdom, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Isle of Man, Iceland, Italy, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Slovakia, San Marino, Ukraine, Vatican City, Kosovo, Scotland,

Asia

United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Bhutan, China (Mainland), Cyprus, Georgia, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], Mongolia, Macao SAR, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, State of Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, East Timor, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen,

Africa

Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Western Sahara, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, British Indian Ocean Territory, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, R̩union, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Saint Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Ṣo Tom̩ and Pr?_ncipe, Swaziland, Chad, French Southern Territories, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, Mayotte, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

North america

Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Aruba, Barbados, Saint Barth̩lemy, Bermuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Cayman Islands, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Martinique, Montserrat, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Sint Maarten, Turks and Caicos Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands,

South america

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Bouvet Island, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Guyana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela,

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Company Profile

Windcity

Nature variability reduces renewable energy efficiency. The solution is always adapting to change: Windcity.

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Headquarters 38068 Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy

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Networking Partner

Horizon Results Platform - European Commission

The Horizon Results Platform is a new European Commission platform helping EU Research & Innovation funding beneficiaries to valorise their results with a view to creating socio-economic impact.

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