'The idea came to me in a square where I saw the leaves tremble when there was not a breath of air,' said Jérôme Michaud-Larivière, founder of 'New Wind'
The 26ft trees are fitted with 63 aeroleaves. Tiny blades inside these 'leaves' can generate electricity in wind speeds as low as 4.5 mph regardless of the wind's direction.
The tree has the potential to generate 3,500 kWh to 13,500 kWh a year depending on the wind speed and the location of the tree.
This amount of wind generated energy could provide enough power to supply 15 street lamps, 83% of the electrical consumption of an average family household or one electrical car for 10,168 miles over the course of a year.
An average onshore wind turbine can produce more than 6 million kWh in a year - enough to supply 1,500 average EU households with electricity.
The tree shpuld be profitable after winds of 7.8 mph on average over 1 year.
The company's founder, Jérôme Michaud-Larivière, hopes the trees can be used to exploit small air currents flowing along buildings and streets, and could eventually be installed in people's backgardens and urban centre.
The trees are also silent, so sound pollution is a thing of the past, this is a great improvement from previous wind turbine designs.
'New Wind' is hoping to expand this concept of clean energy throughout the country and abroad.
For the future Mr. Michaud-Larivière aspires to make an even better tree that has leaves with natural fibres, roots and 'bark' covered with photosensitive cells. These will also be able to generate geothermal energy.
Lifehack Finders Nice to Know:
Similar inspiring and exciting future green concepts are highways (and other locations) enlightened by windturbines by TAK Studio.
And windkites that work with HAWP:
high altitude wind power. A project which is also promoted for crowdfunding at Indiegogo: Flying wind turbine
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