WORLDWIDE: Vergnet's turbine has been designed to cope with adverse weather. This week's “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç gallery shows it in its various stages.
Vergnet is a French manufacturer of small wind turbines
The turbine can be lowered in adverse weather
It has been specifically designed for typhoon regions
The turbine is lowered forward on to the two-blade rotor
And then, using cables, is pulled back into position when it is safe to do so
Turbine capacity ranges from 200kW to 275kW
Vergnet turbines have been installed in Peru, Samoa, Vanuatu, Lithuania and Japan
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The Vergnet turbine has been installed all over the world including South America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
The 200kW-275kW turbine has been developed so it can be lowered in high winds - up to 25 m/s - making it suitable for typhoon affected areas. Once the strongs winds have passed the turbine can be put back into place using cables.
Vergnet turbines are powering the first wind project in Samoa. The 550kW development was commissioned in August.
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