Horst Bendix

Inventor of the high-altitude wind turbine concept

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World's tallest wind turbine reaches full height in Germany

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Submitted the idea to SPRIND in 2019 at age 91

A wind turbine now rises 365 meters (1,197 feet) above a former coal region in eastern Germany — taller than the Eiffel Tower and second only to Berlin's TV tower among German structures. GICON's pilot in Schipkau is the world's tallest wind turbine.

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