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10MW Tower in Dubai: Live In a Skyscraper That Acts as a Power Plant
By Jess Baker

The 10MW Tower is a dazzling residential skyscraper proposed for a neighborhood in Dubai. But the tower isn't just a place to live; it's a renewable energy machine that would essentially act as a power plant.

The skyscraper is the brainchild of Pittsburgh-based architecture firm Studied Impact. The "MW" in the tower's name stands for megawatt. Studied Impact's co-founder Robert Ferry explains three systems in the tower – a horizontal access wind turbine, a concentrated solar power armature and a solar updraft tower about two-thirds of the way up the structure – would combine to create 10 megawatts of power.

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