Inventors of spinning wind turbine win James Dyson award

Lancaster students win 30,000 prize for O-Wind turbine after scooping UK equivalent

A spinning turbine that can capture wind travelling in any direction and could transform how consumers generate electricity in cities has won its inventors a prestigious international award and 30,000 prize.

Nicolas Orellana, 36, and Yaseen Noorani, 24, MSc students at Lancaster University, scooped the James Dyson award for their O-Wind Turbine, which - in a technological first - takes advantage of both horizontal and vertical winds without requiring steering.