25 projects make the Land Art Generator Initiative competition shortlistTwenty five mesmerising land art projects have been shortlisted for the fifth edition of Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) competition at St. Kilda Triangle in Melbourne, Australia. The Land Art Generator Initiative design competition calls on designers, landscape architects, and artists to create large-scale public art projects that will be able to produce clean energy for St. Kilda Triangle in Australia. After receiving entries from more than 50 countries, the 2018 LAGI jury has narrowed down the competition to a shortlist of 25 entries. The competition, sponsored by the State of Victoria as part of Action 13 of the Victoria State Renewable Energy Action Plan, encourages participants to envision a clean energy landscape for a post-carbon world — a public artwork that will help to power the city and inspire the future. Local passion"We’ve never had so many local and regional teams dominate the shortlist before. It’s a testament to the passion that is held locally for the St Kilda Triangle site and the value placed on design and art in the context of climate solutions for Australia," said Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, co-founders of the Land Art Generator Initiative. "Wouldn’t we all want to live in a city in which the sustainable energy systems that support our lives exist as creative and educational forms in our landscapes and public spaces?" "The LAGI 2018 shortlist gives us a glimpse into this possible future. Each proposal demonstrates how existing and emergent clean technologies can accelerate an elegant transition to a new circular economy powered by renewables," they added. All participants were tasked with superimposing an energy and art design onto a masterplan that has been developed since 2010 in concert between the City of Port Phillip Council and a deeply engaged community for this year's competition. Creative educational experienceEach public art project is not only designed to produce emissions-free electricity, but also creates a creative educational experience for visitors to the historic bayside destination, in keeping with the city’s environmental, social, and cultural goals, according to the competition's statement. "We really need things that will link people between the world we know and the world we know we need," said Guy Abrahams, Climarte co-founder, board member, and former CEO, a jury member for LAGI 2018. "My hope is that the winning design will display imagination, creativity, and technical know-how, but also is something which, given the appropriate support, could actually be built," he added. See the full 25 shortlisted projects below (in no particular order): Sentinel: Marking Energetic Flows Through TimeTeam: Anna McCuan, Jamieson Pye Team location: Atlanta, GA, USA. Energy technologies: dye-sensitised solar cells (DSSC. Annual capacity: 2,500MWh) Glass BouldersTeam: Luis Guzmán, Cody Anderson, Natalia Bezerra, Andrew Ioannou, Jiao Di, Rebecca Sutton, Mungki Dewi, Audrey Yeo Team location: Edinburgh, UK Energy technologies: luminescent solar concentrators Annual capacity: 690MWh UnwindTeam: David Donley, Michael Cinalli Team location: Toms River, NJ, USA Energy technologies: high altitude wind power (kite HAWP) Annual capacity: 1,900MWh ChrysalisTeam: Ruxandra Iancu-Bratosin, Rodrigo Rubio Cuadrado, Alessio Salvatore Verdolino, Alessandro Mattoccia Team location: Madrid, Spain Energy technologies: concentrated photovoltaic, kinetic wind harvesting, microbial fuel cell Annual capacity: 30MWh 2000 MurnongsTeam: Azin Emampour, Xiao Lin, Qidi Li Team location: Melbourne, Australia. Energy technologies: spring-type piezoelectric generators, aerostatic flutter (Windbelt™) Annual capacity: 150MWh Wind BlossomTeam: Joo Hyung Oh, Jae Ho Yoon Team location: Glendale, CA, USA Energy technologies: micro wind turbines, kinetic energy harvesting pavers Annual capacity: 960MWh Stealing FireTeam: Lendell Ervin, Jiawei Hou Team location: Muncie, IN, USA Energy technologies: thin-film multi-junction solar, piezoelectric energy harvesting Annual capacity: 850MWh The Rainbow SerpentTeam: Arthur Stefenbergs, Lucian Racovitan, Keith Mc Geough, Ovidiu Munteanu Team location: Sydney, Australia Energy technologies: luminesce EN-Visible WingTeam: Binghua Chen Team location: Springfield, PA, USA Energy technologies: organic photovoltaic (OPV) Annual capacity: 550MWh Solar OrbsTeam: Kaitlin Campbell, Chad Grevelding, Bridget Snover, Kyle Stillwell Team location: Latham, NY, USA Energy technologies: dual-axis tracking concentrated photovoltaic thermal (CPV+T) (similar to Rawlemon®) Annual capacity: 550MWh RotorTeam: Louis Gadd, Aimee Goodwin, Danny Truong Team location: Melbourne, Australia Energy technologies: vertical axis wind turbines Annual capacity: 105MWh Breathing TotemsTeam: Rafael Sánchez Herrera, Laura Camilla Mesa Arango Team location: Bogota, Colombia Energy technologies: thermal chimney with vertical axis wind turbines Annual capacity: 800MWh Head in the CloudsTeam: Yuxun Emmeily Zhang, Alexandra Siu, Liyang Zhang Team location: Cambridge, ON, Canada Energy technologies: transparent silicon solar mesh Sphelar®, aerostatic flutter wind harvesting Windbelt™ Annual capacity: 260MWh SwingsTeam: Lu Chao, Weng Shenxia Team location: Guangzhou, China Energy technologies: thin-film photovoltaic, kinetic wind harvesting (with human assist) Annual capacity: 1,200MWh Sun RayTeam: Antonio Maccà Team location: Padova, Italy Energy technologies: linear Fresnel reflector Annual capacity: 1,100MWh The CanopyTeam: Kieran Kartun, Sonni Jeong, Matthew Wang Team location: Allawah, NSW, Australia Energy technologies: horizontal axis wind turbine, kinetic energy harvesting, concentrator photovoltaic (CPV), concentrated solar-thermal power (CSP), ocean tidal energy Annual capacity: 2,200MWh DreamtimeTeam: Kyle Taveira Team location: Langhorne, PA, USA Energy technologies: triboelectric energy harvesting fabric, piezoelectric stack actuators Annual capacity: 100MWh SoundscapeTeam: Jordan Pulling, Patrick Alexander, Eric Bischof, Ryan Mackerer Team location: Syracuse, NY, USA Energy technologies: aerostatic flutter (Windbelt™), thin-film photovoltaic, kinetic energy harvesting pavers (Pavegen™ or similar), high-capacity sodium-sulfur battery Annual capacity: 800MWh NgargeeTeam: Soren Luckins, Ashleigh Adams, George Thompson, Kate Luckins, Alan Pears, Erin Pears, Peter Bennetts, Jasmine Sarin, Elder Arweet Carolyn Briggs, Rae Fairbairn, Dave Stelma Team location: Melbourne, Australia Energy technologies: amorphous silicon thin-film photovoltaic Annual capacity: 400MWh Team: Martin Heide, Dean Boothroyd, Emily Van Monger, David Allouf, Takasumi Inoue, Liam Oxlade, Michael Strack, Richard Le (NH Architecture); Mike Rainbow, Jan Talacko (Ark Resources); John Bahoric (John Bahoric Design); Bryan Chung, Chea Yuen Yeow Chong, Anna Lee, Amelie Noren (RMIT students). Team Location: Melbourne, Australia Energy technologies: flexible mono-crystalline silicon photovoltaic, wind energy harvesting, microbial fuel cells Annual capacity: 2,220MWh St Kilda HaloTeam: Pete Spence, Hiroe Fujimoto, Sacha Hickinbotham, Michael Richards, Alison Potter, Jason Embley (Grimshaw Architects) Team location: Melbourne, Australia Energy technologies: silicon photovoltaic thin-film (Sphelar®) Annual capacity: 2,000MWh PITCH!Team: Bryan Fan, Shelley Xu Team location: Melbourne, Australia Energy technologies: luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) photovoltaic (ClearvuePV® or similar) Annual capacity: 100MWh Night & Day: St Kilda Hydro-Solar GeneratorTeam: Kevin Kudo-King, Annie Aldrich, James Juricevich, Evan Harlan, Vikram Sami, Erin Hamilton, Gabriela Frank, MacKenzie Cotters, Lauren Gallow, Jonathan Nelson (Olson Kundig) Team location: Seattle, WA, USA Energy technologies: mono-crystalline silicon photovoltaic, pumped hydro storage Annual capacity: 1,000MWh A New Citizen of Melbourne Who Lives at a Piece of Sea in the SkyTeam: Zhang Hao, Chen Bocong, Zhu Jing, Yang Qiurun Team location: Shenzhen, China Energy technologies: thin-film photovoltaic, vertical axis wind turbines Annual capacity: 400MWh Sol TowerTeam: Tae Jung, Amit Vajaria, Pauline Sipin, Kevin Cheng, Yong Lee, Glenn Sanford, Javier Oliu Team location: Rockville, MD, USA Energy technologies: solar updraft tower, solar thin-film photovoltaic, Vortex Bladeless™ wind turbine Annual capacity: 450MWh The winning entry will be announced during a LAGI exhibition launch at Fed Square in Melbourne on 11 October 2018. 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