Main Category :Energy Sub Category :Protection of the environment Leelananda Jayasuriya This lateral axis wind turbine is having its central shaft mounted horizontally on upright supports while turbine blades turn about central shaft axis and the turbine blades orbit in an epicyclical path around central shaft, akin to Ferris wheel. A pair of oppositely placed hubs is having plurality of extended radial arms symmetrically projected out wards and fitted on bearings to the central shaft. The turbine blades are pivoted between each extended pair of arms and are having the freedom to swing around their own axes and around the common axis of central shaft.