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 Four months after it broke the world land speed record, the Greenbird is home to rest at the EcoTech Centre. The carbon fibre vehicle - part aeroplane, part sailboat, part Formula One car - hit speeds of over 125 mph using just the power of the wind.

The project is a partnership between Ecotricity (UK’s first & largest independent green electricity company), and engineer Richard Jenkins (founder of the Windjet Project). The team is all British, independent and committed to envisioning a zero carbon transportation future. On March 26, 2009, the Ecotricity Greenbird set a new world land speed record for wind powered vehicles of 126.2 mph. on the dry plains of Ivanpah Lake in Nevada smashing the previous record of 116 mph set in 1999 by American Bob Schumacher driving his Iron Duck vehicle. The team hopes to both better that new record, and continue to work toward breaking the ice record in Winter 2009/10.

The Greenbird is the pinnacle of wind-powered transport and, although we’re starting to think of renewable energy as a day to day reality, transport is the next great frontier we need to tackle from a renewable perspective. The EcoTech Centre is a fitting home to showcase this cutting edge technology – it is the perfect place to witness the power of the wind – from the only turbine in the world you can climb, to the worlds fastest wind powered car.