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April 8, 2008 – Vol.13 No.3 Bahrain World Trade Center: World’s First Building Integrated Wind Turbines Inaugurated. The three 29m-diameter (95 ft) turbine blades in the Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) have turned together for the first time. The turbines are expected to to provide the equivalent of 11-15 percent of the power for the two towers when fully operational. The turbines are expected to operate approximately 50 percent of the time. The successful installation of the turbines involved collaboration between Atkins Architects and Engineers and Norwin turbine specialists, who were in Bahrain for the inaugural turning and presentation to media. Speaking at the event, Mr. Simha LytheRao, Atkins Project Manager, explained that the use of established technologies, including type-tested turbines with minimal modifications ensured that the additional cost incurred by incorporating turbines into the project was reduced to around 3.5 percent of the overall project value, making it not only an environmentally responsible but also a financially viable venture.
LytheRao also explained how the elliptical shaped towers act as aerofoils, funneling and accelerating the wind velocity between them, and exploiting the unobstructed prevailing onshore breeze from the adjacent Gulf coast to provide a renewable source of energy for the building. During the proceeding months the turbines will therefore undergo detailed analysis and optimization by Norwin to determine their actual electricity generation potential. (4/8/08)
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