READ MORE: UK's first vertical rocket launch site on Shetland 'ahead of schedule'GCU is now working with other partners to bring the turbine to Kenya, where it will help rural communities.“It has been developed way beyond what I would have thought possible when I was coming up with the design.”The GCU project is one of 64 sharing in £26 million of funding from the UK Government’s Innovate UK Energy Catalyst programme.GCU will partner with DeCourcy Alexander, a London-based sustainable innovation consultancy, and E-Safiri Charging Limited, a Kenyan company that focuses on research and innovative solutions to provide access to sustainable energy.Andrew Cowell, a senior lecturer at GCU and principal investigator for the project, said: “The wind turbine was conceived to generate enough electricity to power a light and two USBs sockets in a disaster relief zone or a refugee camp.“The local community will be trained on the assembly and use of the device and, ultimately, there are plans to try to manufacture it in Kenya.”The project is due to start on March 1 and will run for 12 months, including field trials at suitable locations in Scotland and Kenya."