Costen was awarded first place in the competition: "
Sole vento e mare - Le energie rinnovabili per le isole minori e le aree marine
protette italiane", promoted by
Marevivo with GSE, ENEA, Ministry of
Heritage and Culture, Ministry
of Environment and Land and Sea Protection and the University of Rome La Sapienza.The Windtree concept is to rethink the wind-catcher elements
not as free-standing object that obviously interfere with surrounding
environment, but as already existing now put in favourable position for a
double use.
Windtree is a day & night signal tower armed with 6 wind rotors able to
generate a total power of 20 kW, with a 40 Mwh energy production per year.Windtree is a signal
tower day and night with 6
wind rotors capable of generating a total power of 20 kW of energy production
to a 40-megawatt hours
per year.