received by the International Bureau on 31 July 2020 (31.07.20)

What is claimed is:

1. A wind power generating system, comprising:

a plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies;

a plurality of vertically stacked wind amplification modules, including at least one toroidal shaped module;

a plurality of adjustable wind vanes; and

at least one fairing positioned in the middle and front of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies to bisect a wind stream to allow the wind stream to flow across the sides of at least one of the plurality of vertically stacked wind amplification modulej-andi.

wherein at least one of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies, vanes, and fairing is located in a cavity formed by a curvilinear surface of one or more of the wind amplification modules_t wherein the plurality of adjustable wind vanes are positioned between the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies.

2. (Cancelled)

3. The wind power generating system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of adjustable wind vanes are positioned behind the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine assemblies.

4. The wind power generating system of claim 1 , further comprising a generator assembly located beneath, above, or within the spinning trajectory of rotors of each of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies.

5. The wind power generating system of claim 4, further comprising:

a continuously variable transmission coupled to the at least one of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies;

a sensor coupled to at least one of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies; and a controller electrically coupled to the sensor and to the continuously variable transmission, wherein the generator assembly is mechanically coupled to the continuously variable transmission.

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6. The wind power generating system of claim 1, further comprising a wind vane positioned along a vertical center axis inside a rotational trajectory of rotors of one or more of the vertical axis wind turbine assemblies.

7. The wind power generating system of claim 1 , further comprising one or more rotor blades within each of the plurality of vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies,

wherein the one or more rotor blades each has an edge substantially conforming to a curvilinear contour of the cavity.

8. The wind power generating system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a tower comprised of a stacked set of wind amplification modules; and

stationary carousel tracks outside of each of the plurality of amplification modules securely fixed to a top and a bottom of the wind amplification module.

9. The wind power generating system of claim 1, further comprising a yawable frame assembly that connects together a set of the fairing, vertical axis wind turbine assemblies, and wind vanes per module level.

10. The wind power generating system of claim 9, further comprising one or more sets of rollers fixed to the yawable frame that connects together a top and a bottom of the fairing, vertical axis wind turbines assemblies, and wind vane assemblies,

wherein the rollers are connected to both a top and a bottom of a stationary carousel track.

11. The wind power generating system of claim 9, further comprising one or more sets of rollers fixed to a cluster of components including the vertical axis wind turbine assembly, the continuously variable transmission, and the generator assembly such that the cluster can be moved onto and off of the yawable frame assembly.

12. The wind power generating system of claim 9, further comprising an actuator and a motor connected to each of the adjustable wind vanes on each of the plurality of modules.

13. The wind power generating system of claim 6, further comprising an actuator and motor connected to each of the wind vanes located along the center axis inside the trajectory of the vertical axis wind turbine rotors.

14. A method for generating electrical power from wind, comprising the steps of:

transmitting mechanical energy from a vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly located adjacent to a vertically stacked wind acceleration module to an electrical generator, and

2 transmitting electrical energy output from the electrical generator through a wire in a yawable frame that connects a plurality of fairings, vertical axis wind turbines, and vanes on each of the vertically stacked wind acceleration modules into an interior core of an acceleration module tower.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

moving the yawable frame that connects the plurality of fairings, vertical axis wind turbine rotor assemblies, and wind vanes along a path concentric with an axis of symmetry of the module,

wherein the vertically stacked wind acceleration modules are substantially symmetrical about a vertical axis.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising preventing transmission of mechanical energy from the vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly to the electrical generator according to a sensed rotational speed.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

sensing a rotational speed of the transmission input and a transmission output;

varying a ratio of the rotational speed of a transmission input to the rotational speed of a transmission output over a continuous range of values:

determining a range of rotational velocities; and

controlling a continuously variable transmission such that the electrical generator operates within the range of rotational velocities, the range of rotational velocities being based upon a signal received from a sensor.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising positioning at least one of the plurality of fairings to bisect ambient airflow to begin wind amplification, aid in passive rotation of the yawable frame that connects the at last one of the plurality of fairings, vertical axis wind turbines, and vanes, and provide an increased arc of lift for one or more vertical axis wind turbines located near the at least one of the plurality of fairings.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising positioning the vanes in front of the vertical axis wind turbine assemblies to restructure turbulent wind streams, increase amplification of wind streams, manage back pressures to enhance wind flow through the vertical axis wind turbine assemblies, and aid in passive rotation of the yawable frame that connects the fairing, vertical axis wind turbines, and vanes.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising positioning the vanes behind the vertical axis wind turbine assemblies to restructure turbulent wind streams, increase amplification of wind streams, manage

3 back pressures to enhance wind flow through the vertical axis wind turbine assemblies, and aid in passive rotation of the yawable frame that connects the fairing, vertical axis wind turbines, and vanes.

21. The method of claim 19, further comprising using actuators and motors to adjust an angle of each vane in relation to a direction of incoming airflow to alter the interaction of the vane with the airflow.

22. The method of claim 14, further comprising using actuators and motors to adjust an angle of each vane located inside a trajectory of the rotors of the vertical axis wind turbines in relation to a direction of the incoming airflow to alter the interaction of the vane with the airflow to enhance the output of one or more of the vertical axis wind turbines.

23. The method of claim 14, further comprising repositioning a cluster of components including the vertical axis wind turbine assembly, the continuously variable transmission, and the generator assembly onto and off of the yawable frame assembly for inspection, repair, and/or replacement of the cluster.

24. A wind turbine power generation apparatus, comprising:

a first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly;

a plurality of blades within the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly shaped to substantially conform to a contour of a wind acceleration module;

a generator assembly located beneath, above, or within a spherical trajectory of the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor blades; and

a set of rollers affixed to a top and a bottom of the first vertical axis wind turbine assembly for moving the assembly off and onto a first yawable frame assembly.

25. The wind turbine power generation apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

a continuously variable transmission mechanically coupled to the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly;

an electrical generator mechanically coupled to one of the continuously variable transmission and the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly;

a sensor coupled to the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly; and

a controller electrically coupled to the sensor and to the continuously variable transmission, wherein the electrical generator is mechanically coupled to the continuously variable transmission,

wherein the electrical generator is configured to convert mechanical energy transferred by one of the continuously variable transmission or the first vertical axis wind turbine rotor assembly into electrical energy.

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26. The wind turbine power generation apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

an adjustable vane located along a center axis inside the trajectory of the rotors of the vertical axis wind turbine; and

at least one actuator and motor to adjust an angle of each vane located inside the trajectory of the rotors of the vertical axis wind turbines in relation to a direction of incoming airflow;

27. The wind turbine power generation apparatus of claim 24, further comprising:

a frame that connects together a plurality of fairings, vertical axis wind turbine assemblies, and vanes; a plurality of rollers affixed to the frame to allow it to move along a stationary set of tracks affixed to the outside of a wind amplification module.

28. A wind turbine power generation apparatus of claim 27 further comprising electrical wires associated with the first yawable frame assembly of the fairing, vertical axis wind turbines, and wind vanes through which electrical energy output from the generator assembly is transmitted into the interior tower core.

29. The wind turbine power generation apparatus of claim 27, wherein the first yawable frame connecting the fairing, vertical axis wind turbine assemblies, and the wind vanes moves all of the connected wind vanes, vertical axis wind turbine assemblies, and fairings simultaneously from a first position to a second position.

30. The wind turbine power generation apparatus of claim 27, wherein the first yawable frame assembly is mounted to operate independently from a second yawable frame assembly located in the concavity formed by the curvilinear surface of the wind amplification modules above or below the first yawable frame assembly.

31. The wind power generating system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one toroidal shaped module is round, ovoidal, or triangular from a perspective above a wind amplification module tower.

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