APPLE WIND : Vertical axis wind turbine

Apple wind is a french company which developped a vertical axs wind turbine technology. 

It's a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) that uses magnetic coupling between the rotating outfits and the power generator. 

This technology have competitive advantages as :

- works in all wind directions. 

- delivers more power than competitors for the same swept area.

- short mast

- manufacturing costs significantly lower than current VAWT technology.

The Company offers accurate short term (less than 3 days) and medium term (less than 3 months) wind forecasts. The services are needed to sell the electricity generated by wind farms companies in the daily markets to plan the wind farm maintenance and also to optimise the management of transmission and distribution networks and power plants.

Source : Apple Wind

More information : www.apple-wind.com

WEOLE ENERGY

Created in 2007, Weole Energy supplies small and medium-capacity wind turbines suitable for all requirements for residential customers, farmers,

businesses and local authorities.

 Weole Horizon

Following in the footsteps of large wind turbines, the market is now beginning to expand, with technological innovations allowing residential customers, businesses and local authorities to use small and medium-sized wind turbines that are both environmentally efficient and economically viable. In this fast-growing sector, Weole Energy is responding to increasing demand from the market and has a network of installers covering all of France.

 Weole vision

The aim of this capital injection is to support Weole Energy’s development, with three main objectives :

-to form strategic partnerships with companies in the sector;

-to offer comprehensive solutions combining technological innovation and customer support;

- to make wind turbines into a mass market product for residential customers, businesses and local authorities, in order to ensure the industrial development of a still-emerging market.

The Company has announced a €2 million capital injection to speed up its expansion in France.

 

Following start-up equity of €85,000, Weole Energy is obtaining investment from Crédit Agricole Private Equity, via its FCPR Capenergie fund, and Direct Energie, France’s leading alternative energy supplier. The two shareholders will each invest €1 million.

Source : Weole 

More information :www.weole-energy.com

StatoeEolian : Innovation in Wind energy

The Gual Statoeolian is a revolutionary concept with a vertical axis composed of a fixed stator channeling the wind at its optimal force onto a mobile rotor.

The StatoEolian presents many advantages :

-  Independent of the wind direction

- Totally operational even in the most severe storms

- Highly reliable and highly performing

- Totally silent

- Compact and aesthetic structure

- Easily integrated in all kind of grounds/location

More information on : www.gual-industrie.com

Source : Gual Industrie