Democratic Ecology: Philippe Starck's Wind Turbine DesignPhilippe Starck, the famous French designer, is the latest to jump into the personal ecology market, promising to offer wind turbines small enough to fit on house rooftops.
Made with transparent plastic - the same used in his Louis Ghost chairs - they will also be nearly invisible.
His miniatures turbines - vertical ones that turn like a corkscrew or barbershop sign, opposed to the more standard horizontal one - will be launched in the US next year after their debut in France later this year.
His units - manufactured by the Italian industrial group Pramac - are expected to retail for under $1,250 and promise to deliver 80 percent of the electricity needed by the average household - roughly 5 kilowatts.
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