WindfarmEcosystems creates underwater habitats around offshore wind turbines
StartupRealities No 142 WindfarmEcosystems installs giant brush-like metal structures on the underwater surface of offshore wind turbine pylons to create a habitat for fish, crustaceans, kelp and algae. The metal bristle-like structures go out sideways more than a dozen metres from the pylon foundations, creating a coral reef-like structure and a kelp forest around every wind turbine. The average wind turbine creates a habitat in a cylindrical shape of around 50 metres in diameter and resembles the vertical brushes used by a car wash. CEO QUOTE "Remember that story from 1972 when they dumped two million automobile tyres at Osborne Reef, off the coast of Florida, to enhance the ecosystem? The experiment failed spectacularly - no life stuck to the tyres as they had not tested the concept and there was no scientific foundation to this experiment. In contrast, we implement WindfarmEcosystems projects based on a solid foundation of proven and tested scientific research . And it wo...