Bahrain High-Rise is First to Integrate Wind Turbines

The newly constructed Bahrain World Trade Center in Manama, Bahrain is the first high rise to integrate wind turbines.

The unique design funnels an onshore prevailing wind from the ocean across three 100-foot-diameter wind turbines suspended between two towers. Engineers say they expect the turbines, which were approximately 3.5% of the Center’s total cost, to produce 15% of it’s electric power.

View the impressive structure and read about two similar projects in the works at MSNBC.