My Collins Dictionary defines ‘Arboreal’ as ‘relating to, or resembling a tree’ so I was rather pleased when this topic arose as I have always been a bit fascinated by potential methods of producing energy from tree like devices. The subject has been around for some time as you will see from the poem below but earlier this year I was taken by a new approach. New World Wind has brought out a wind energy device to work in urban environments with small-scale turbines designed to look like trees. The company’s ‘Aeroleaf’ technology features metal trees tipped with microturbines that ...
