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An omni-direction array 22 of wind turbine assemblies 10 is positioned upon and about the periphery of the roof of a building. Each wind turbine assembly 10 comprises a self supporting modular box-shaped housing 12 having an inlet and outlet for accelerating the flow of air therethrough. Turbine 14

An omni-direction array 22 of wind turbine assemblies 10 is positioned upon and about the periphery of the roof of a building. Each wind turbine assembly 10 comprises a self supporting modular box-shaped housing 12 having an inlet and outlet for accelerating the flow of air therethrough. Turbine 14 comprises a hub 27, a peripheral band 28 and vanes 25 having proximal and distal ends positioned there between and having a ring gear 18 positioned on the peripheral band in mechanical communication with a plurality of generators 20 for converting wind energy into electricity. Parabolic collectors 16 are positioned and attached to the inlet and outlet of the housing 12 for collecting, concentrating, directing and accelerating wind through the turbine 14 in the throat section of the assembly. Each self supporting box-shaped modular housing 12 is structurally communicated with other housings 12 by interlocking mating surfaces 26.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A parabolic bi-directional wind turbine assembly for converting wind energy into electricity comprising; a self supporting modular box-shaped housing having an inlet and outlet with a throat section positioned therebetween, a turbine positioned in said throat section, s

The invention claimed is: 1. A parabolic bi-directional wind turbine assembly for converting wind energy into electricity comprising; a self supporting modular box-shaped housing having an inlet and outlet with a throat section positioned therebetween, a turbine positioned in said throat section, said turbine comprising a hub, a peripheral band and vanes having proximal and distal ends positioned therebetween, a ring gear positioned on said peripheral band, a plurality of generators in mechanical communication with said ring gear, parabolic collectors positioned and attached to said inlet and said outlet for collecting, concentrating, directing and accelerating wind through the turbine at the throat section, a nose cone positioned on both ends of the hub for directing the accelerated wind outwardly to said distal ends of the vanes so that maximum torque is transferred to the turbine whereby the rotational energy of the turbine is converted into electricity by the generators. 2. The parabolic wind turbine assembly according to claim 1, wherein each self supporting modular box-shaped housing has interlocking mating surfaces, and wherein a plurality of the self supporting box-shaped modular housings are structurally joined and locked to each other to create an energy array in the form of a rigid building block superstructure. 3. The parabolic wind turbine assembly according to claim 2, wherein the rigid building block superstructure is multitiered. 4. The parabolic wind turbine assembly according to claim 1, wherein materials used to fabricate said assembly is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, PVC composite, ABS, HDPE or combinations thereof. 5. The parabolic wind turbine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the assembly is positioned about a horizontal axis and that the wind accelerates through the assembly horizontally. 6. The parabolic wind turbine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the assembly is configured about an angled axis and that the wind accelerates through the assembly at an angle to horizontal. 7. An omni-directional wind powered array mounted on a roof of a building comprising: a plurality of self supporting-box shaped modular housings each containing a parabolic bi-directional wind powered turbine assembly positioned upon and around the periphery of the roof of a building, each self supporting box-shaped modular housing having, interlocking mating surfaces including means to join and lock other self supporting box-shaped modular housings into at least one array in the form of a rigid building block superstructure, each wind powered turbine assembly being in mechanical communication with at least one generator whereby electricity is generated as the wind passes through said at least one array and traverses the roof of the building irregardless of the wind direction. 8. The omni-directional wind powered array of claim 7 further comprising a plurality of arrays positioned upon the roof of the building on a plurality of opposite ends thereof and wherein as the wind traverses the roof of the building in a plurality of directions, electricity is generated in said plurality of arrays. 9. The omni-directional wind powered array of claim 7, wherein the building block superstructure is multitiered. 10. The omni-directional wind powered array of claim 7, wherein materials used to fabricate said assembly is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, PVC composite, ABS, HDPE or combinations thereof. 11. An omni-directional wind powered array to be mounted on a roof of a building comprising: a plurality of wind turbine assemblies positioned upon and around the periphery of the roof of a building, each assembly being horizontally mounted and stacked in an array, each assembly is in mechanical communication with at least one generator, wherein each assembly comprises a self supporting modular box-shaped housing having an inlet and outlet with a throat section positioned therebetween, a turbine positioned in said throat section, said turbine comprising a hub, a peripheral band and vanes having proximal and distal ends positioned therebetween, a ring gear positioned on said peripheral band, and at least one generator in mechanical communication with said ring gear, parabolic collectors positioned and attached to said inlet and said outlet for collecting, concentrating, directing and accelerating wind to said turbine, a nose cone positioned on both ends of the hub, for directing the accelerated wind outwardly therefrom to said distal ends of the vanes so that maximum torque is transferred to said ring gear and at least one generator. 12. The omni-directional wind powered array as set forth in claim 11, wherein each self supporting modular box-shaped housing includes interlocking mating surfaces, and wherein the array comprises a plurality of self supporting box-shaped modular housings structurally joined and locked together by said interlocking mating surfaces to create an energy array in the form of a rigid building block superstructure. 13. The omni-directional wind powered array as set forth in claim 12, wherein the building block superstructure is multitiered. 14. The omni-directional wind powered array as set forth in claim 12 further comprising a plurality of arrays positioned on top of a roof of a building on opposite ends thereof and wherein as the wind traverses the roof of the building in a plurality of directions, electricity is generated in the plurality of arrays. 15. The omni-directional wind powered array as set forth in claim 11, wherein materials used to fabricate said array is selected form the group consisting of aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, PVC composite, ABS, HDPE or combinations thereof.