Hard to believe, but this thing is real. This is the World Trade Center in Bahrain, where they’ve just turned on the three 95ft-diameter wind turbines. They’ll only be responsible for providing 15% of the power required to keep the lights on in this giant building, but that’s sure to account for a fortune (and a few [mega?]tons of CO2) in savings.

It kind of begs the question as to why more tall buildings haven’t been built to harness the wind power that they stand in the middle of. I’m sure a big ass turbine up there is much more effective than ones within a stones throw of sea level…

Via the Giz

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