Patent ID: 8653684

Claim:
A facility for producing electrical energy from a prevailing wind above a surface, the facility comprising: a plurality of shrouds, each shroud forming a throat which increases the velocity of the prevailing wind passing through the shroud; a plurality of wind turbines, each positioned in the throat of one of the plurality of shrouds; a power system for converting mechanical energy from the plurality of wind turbines to electrical energy; a plurality of modules, each having at least two of the plurality of shrouds and the associated wind turbines, and at least a portion of the power system; a support structure supporting the plurality of modules above the surface; and a pivotal mounting system for pivotally supporting each of the plurality of modules so that each of the plurality of modules can rotate as needed to face the prevailing wind, the pivotal mounting system comprising an inner rail and an outer rail above and below each module, each rail being mounted on a truss system of the support structure.