Patent ID: 7726933

Claim:
A wind turbine, comprising: a rotor having a plurality of blades, the rotor being rotatable about a rotation axis; a wind containment wall extending in part around the rotor, the wind containment wall having a radius defined with respect to the rotor rotation axis; a wind compression channel defined between the wind containment wall and the rotor, the wind compression channel having an intake and an exhaust, the radius of the containment wall decreasing between the wind compression channel intake and the wind compression channel exhaust; wind flowing through the channel contacting the blades causing the rotor to rotate; an intake air flow guide having a face curved to direct wind into the intake; an exhaust air flow guide having a face curved to direct wind exiting the exhaust out of the turbine; and the wind containment wall, the intake air flow guide, and the exhaust air flow guide being rotatable about the rotor rotation axis, independently of the rotor, to address wind direction.