Windancer Horizontal Wind Turbine

Date

2007

Category
Architecture
[!](http://www.windsimplicity.ca)[Screen shot 2014-06-21 at 3.20.47 PM](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Screen-shot-2014-06-21-at-3.20.47-PM.png) Wind Simplicity’s high-efficiency, compact, noise-free Windancer horizontal wind turbine won the 2007 Design Exchange Gold Award in Engineering. Lightweight, portable, vibration-free, low-maintenance, durable, direct-drive, self-starting in a 1-m/s breeze, bird-safe, its aesthetic can be democratized through colour-customization. The Windancer is for urban, residential, rural, industrial use on lower towers without guy wires. [Via.](http://www.designspotter.com/product/2008/08/Windancer-horizontal-wind-turbine.html?r=773814126)