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In 2015, there shall be ten times more wind turbines in France than in 2010. By focusing on electrical power generated by wind turbines, Wind-it examines the question of on how and where to plant them. The project concentrates on an accumulation of small wind turbines rather than localised infrastructures which tend to be quite massive.

Wind-it proposes to superpose a network of wind-turbines on the existing power transport and distribution network, either by grafting a wind-turbine plug onto existing electricity pylons, or installing new electricity pylons which would have an integrated wind-turbine production unit.

The electricity pylons would then become renewable energy sources connected directly to the network. According to the first evaluations, the equipment of about a third of the electricity pylons on French territory would allow to generate the equivalent of 2 nuclear units which is about 15 tWh or 15 billion kWh. The Wind-it project is developed by Elioth, assisted by Encore Heureux.

The Wind-it project, which has been under development since 2007, filed for and obtained a European patent. In May 2009, Wind-it was declared the winner of the Next Generation competition organized by the American magazine Metropolis.

Boosted by this recognition, Elioth is presently putting the final touches to the analyses of their display model. The Wind-it market will have its place more especially in emerging countries whose demand for power networks is forever increasing. The promising architecture and the simplicity of the technique opens up the possibility of a wider variety of applications: adapted off-shore, telecommuncation masts, ….