BMW installs ‘motionless’ wind energy device at Mini factory

US startup Aeromine has installed the UK’s first “motionless” wind turbine atop BMW’s Mini factory in Oxford. The 3-metre-tall, box-shaped device captures wind flowing up and over the building. Specially designed wing-like airfoils create a vacuum behind the unit which forces air up through a chamber where it turns a fan inside, generating power.  Aeromine’s device has no visible moving parts. The bladeless design minimises noise and vibrations, and the risks