By 2030, in the understories of 20% of wind farms alone, 280 GWs of our types of turbines could be installed worldwide. This amount would be the case if we only doubled the wind farm’s capacity. In most wind farms in California, our turbines could triple the energy output.
With an average wind speed in the center of their rotors of 15.7mph (7m/s), Wind Harvesters would produce 3 GWh per 1 GW (1000 MWs, 14,200 70kW turbines) installed. If we built out all of this untapped resource, we would generate over 840 GWh per year of new energy. This amount doesn’t include the potential 10% increase this buildout should produce from the taller turbines.
Let’s give some context to this amount of energy:
- Electricity supply for ~168 million global households (assuming each uses 5 MWh annually).
- A replacement source for 840 trillion pounds of CO2 each year from fossil fuels. The equivalent of 400 large 500 MW coal plants.
- Power for 240 million EVs driving 10,000 miles per year.


