Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. announced that SWET recently filed a new patent application titled Atmospheric Energy Extraction Devices and Methods. This application was filed with request for prioritized examination. The objectives of the new patent application are significant.

Incorporated into the existing core design, for which a patent has already been issued to SWET, are a variety of innovative improvements that will increase the efficiency to construct the Tower and enhance the Tower's operational capabilities. The original Tower structure was tubular in shape and concentric at both the top and base with consistent wall thickness. The new hyperbolic design allows for a reduction in the actual wall thickness of the Tower, and as a result of its shape, produces increased seismic and wind force resistance.

The hyperbolic shape of the Tower allows for increased circumference area at the base of the Tower, thereby providing additional room for more and /or larger turbines; potentially enhancing power output. The design also integrates a water storage reservoir within the structure to reduce energy consumption at start up.