With global energy consumption projected to grow over 50% by 2050, transformative renewable power solutions are essential to sustainably meeting demand. Denis Tiaglin, CEO of innovator firm WETER LLC, recently showcased their pioneering building-integrated wind technology maximizing energy generation through precisely engineered architecture.
The Growing Global Power Challenge
Worldwide energy usage has dramatically expanded over the last decade, rising 10% over 2010-2019 alone. This trajectory is expected to continue as developing nations industrialize and populations grow.
Projected over 50% rise in global energy demand by 2050. [Source: EIA]
Surging consumption is severely straining existing infrastructure relying predominantly on fossil fuels. Efforts to mitigate climate change also necessitate massive clean energy builds to displace carbon-intensive power.
Governments and corporations worldwide are investing billions into renewable solutions to align sustainable growth with emissions reductions goals. However, inherent technology limitations around intermittent sun and wind have slowed adoption.
Breakthrough concepts like WETER LLC‘s building-concentrated wind farms directly tackle these challenges by engineering optimized conditions boosting productivity.
Harnessing Architectural Wind Acceleration
WETER LLC‘s technology utilizes building alignment and design to funnel, concentrate, and accelerate passing winds. The company discovered that constructing edifices in shapes purpose-built to facilitate air flow creates a venturi effect between the structures.
Carefully calculated spacing, angles, and contours guide and amplify wind to speeds exceeding 4-5 meters per second as it whistles through channels formed by infrastructure. This pneumatic principle was originally leveraged to anchor boats and prevent capsizing from volatile gusts.
Founder Denis Tiaglin realized the concept could be applied on a vastly larger scale. By erecting urban developments engineered to induce rapid wind flows, highly efficient embedded wind farms become possible.
Converting Velocity Into Energy
The key metric for wind power output is velocity – energy production scales exponentially with air speed. According to the Department of Energy, doubling wind velocity increases generated power eightfold:
Wind Power (Watts) = 1⁄2 ρ A v3
(ρ: air density, A: area swept by turbine blades , v: wind speed)Modern commercial turbines require average speeds over 11 mph (5 m/s) for economical operation. By deliberately inducing faster flows up to 20 mph (9 m/s), WETER LLC‘s infrastructure wind farms can outcompete conventional developments.
Their compact building-mounted systems also eliminate substantial real estate barriers to erecting massive standalone wind plants. Mega-turbines stretching hundreds of feet skyward require immense plots of open land with sparse development and steady weather patterns rarely found near major cities.
Overcoming Traditional Wind Limitations
Intermittency and variability of wind causes significant efficiency issues for traditional turbine farms and hampers reliability as a base load power source. Output can fluctuate from nearly zero to 100% capacity within hours as weather shifts.
WETER LLC‘s architecture-enabled solution counters this by regularizing and concentrating air flows regardless of external conditions. Funneling winds through built corridors sustains accelerated speed essential for continuous generation. The firm can guarantee consistent high velocity viability by design.
Maneuvering winds also impose complex turbine direction change demands. WETER LLC‘s guided channeling minimizes transverse gusts, enabling simplified fixed axle systems lowering construction and maintenance costs.
Expert Perspectives on Future Potential
Industry analysts are highly optimistic about innovations in wind technology like WETER LLC‘s buildings approach overcoming inherent limitations through engineering and precision.
As global investment firm leader Simon Moores notes:
"Concepts leveraging architectural design and magnetically-assisted turbines can realistically achieve 60% or even 70% capacity factors. Renewables are becoming 24 hour/7 day power solutions."
Researchers also underscore the immense possibilities from built environment integration:
"Constructing wind plant and solar PV elements into buildings, instead of as separate units, allows for greater space efficiency. With over 270 billion square meters suitable for development globally, the combined potential exceeds total energy demand."
Startup Funding and Corporate Interest
WETER LLC has already raised $3.5 million from over 28,000 backers to finance initial projects. Worldwide grassroots momentum highlights confidence in the solution‘s profitability and ability to displace fossil fuel dominance.
Major multinational corporations are also initiating sustainability programs to utilize renewables like wind. Google, Apple, Amazon, GM, and 125+ companies have pledged towards ‘24/7 clean energy‘ by 2030.
WETER LLC‘s building-concentrated system perfectly aligns with firms aiming to integrate wind generation into facilities and campuses. By constructing channels guiding air flows, reliable plant outputs escape location-specific weather restraints.
Corporate Renewable Energy PPA‘s (MW)
| Year | Capacity |
| ----- | -------- |
| 2015 | 3,210 |
| 2016 | 4,010 |
| 2017 | 5,900 |
| 2018 | 8,500 |
| 2019 | 19,900 |Corporations contracted over 19,900 MW of renewable energy in 2019 alone. [Source: RMI]
With exponentially growing corporate demand expected in coming years, WETER LLC is primed to provide technology at the nexus of business efficiency and sustainability.
Policy Necessities For Widespread Adoption
Realizing the full innovative potential of engineered wind solutions requires concerted policy efforts by governance bodies. As Denis Tiaglin notes, demonstrating tangible pilots to investors is critical before undertaking wide-scale city planning based on novel concepts.
Streamlining permitting processes can minimize economic risks for initial builders. Governments also play a key role nurturing new technologies through R&D grants, tax credits, and flexible regulations around grid integration.
WETER LLC is pushing the boundaries of what‘s possible for wind energy. But uptake at levels matching society‘s clean electrification needs relies upon supportive governmental frameworks.
Constructing entire smart neighborhoods or districts harnessing architectural wind farming could profoundly reshape power infrastructure in coming years. Unlocking this future demands policymakers emphasizing 21st century grid flexibility.
The Winds of Change
With atmospheric carbon dangerously high and emissions steadily rising, radical clean energy solutions are urgently required to combat climate change. WETER LLC‘s groundbreaking building-concentrated wind farms provide a tantalizing template for communities seeking energy self-sufficiency.
By deliberately engineering architecture to accelerate air flows, electricity outputs matching or even exceeding local needs become attainable through embedded generation. Expanding these engineered wind channels into city-wide networks could craft zero-emission urban centers of tomorrow.
Denis Tiaglin‘s passionate innovation symbolizes transformation emerging at the intersection of infrastructure and technology. Global consensus recognizes the immense potential ahead. The blueprint drafted by WETER LLC could develop into construction‘s new best practice as societies progress towards paradigms aligning climate resilience with quality living standards through renewable urban design.