The Tokyo-based company’sslimline Skwid design, forseen for powering islands in remote locations, iscalculated to have an output capacity of 500kW in winds of 13 metres per second(m/s) rising toward 1MW in velocities of 16m/s.

“By harvesting renewableenergy from never-ending currents and strong and continuous ocean winds, thetechnology of the Skwid [will] provide cost-effective power generation withminimal environmental impact,” says Modec.

The Skwid’s24-metre-diameter Darrieus VAWT has been modelled to capture twice the energyfrom its rectangular swept area as a similarly dimensioned conventional onshoreturbine.

Itssplit-cylinder,