Competition
Every Summer UTWind competes in the International Small Wind Turbine Contest (ISWTC) in the Netherlands against other international Universities. UTWind has been coming home with a trophy since our debut and couldn't be more proud to represent the University of Toronto. Read more below about each competition.
2024
The most recent recent competition UTWind competed in was definitely a challenging one as it came time to test the teams many ambitious projects: recycling PET bottles from campus into filament for our 3D printer, using 1 motor instead of 3 for our pitch control, manufacturing sustainable flax-fiber composite blades. With so many new teams competing this year it was a great shock when the the Jury announced Best Overall Design (1st place) goes to "The Team from Toronto" - UTWind! The team learned so much is working on making our design even better for 2025.
UTWind's 1st Place Award Winning Turbine - 2024
2023
The second year of UTWind's participation at the ISWTC was no less challenging because we won the previous competition, however UTWind brought home the Award for Most Sustainable Turbine.
UTWind's Most Sustainable Award Wining Turbine - 2023
2022
This was the first ISWTC the UTWind competition after almost 2 years of preparation work during the pandemic finally set-off to compete. UTWind won Best Overall Design (1st place) in its debut at the ISWTC.
UTWind's 1st Place Award Winning Turbine - 2022