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BY Tali Aaron : February 22

Wind Turbine Christmas Star - Surreal Collaboration between Wind Turbines and LED lighting

turbine LED Christmas star


After a year of engineering, modeling, and trials, the world's largest Christmas star now hovers above the A9 Autobahn in Munich. Affixed to the three blades of the massive wind turbine--70-meters tip to tip--are 9,000 light-emitting diodes (LEDs), all of which use less power than a hairdryer. The surreal pinwheel is a collaboration between Siemens, a world leader is wind power, and multi-media artist Michael Pendry.

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Last Modified: February 22, 2010 at 1:59 pm
First Published: December 24, 2009 at 2:25 pm

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