Proven Wind Turbines

It is  generally appreciated how windy the British Isles are. In fact, it has been estimated that the North of England and Scotland combined have 40% of the wind resource of Europe! By any standards that is a massive potential.

It is a potential that, up until now, has gone largely untapped. However, with recent developments in renewable energy technology, e.g. high efficiency domestic sized wind turbines and water turbines, together with the latest generation of sine wave inverters there is now every reason for individual households and communities to generate their own power from this limitless resource.

The systems installed by Turbine Services are custom-designed and can be "stand-alone" or grid connected, allowing excess power to be sold to the local utility.

We stock and install Proven's full range of wind turbines including their 2.5kW, 6kW and 15kW.

for smaller wind turbines (less than 800Watts), please have a look at www.windtrap.co.uk

Using a sturdy Proven wind turbine with an integral permanent magnet alternator, power is generated whenever the wind blows and stored in batteries. The battery output is fed through a sine wave inverter to convert it to 230 volts AC for normal consumption. In fact, the modern inverters are so good that they provide "cleaner" and steadier power than the utility grid.

Typical wind turbine control system for a 2.5kW.  Left is wind turbine control panel (shows battery voltage and current flowing from wind turbine to batteries). Centre; 5kW Inverter (converts battery power to mains AC).  Right; kWh meters, rotary isolator, trip fuses and a 3-pin socket.

Below is a picture showing a 2.5kW, 6kW and 15kW from left to right.  They are on average height towers for their size, however, different height towers can be fitted to suite the surroundings.  Note that the 15kW machine is without it's cover as this picture is of the turbine test and development site

What size wind turbine do I need?

WT600. 600 watt Wind turbine: charge batteries for small and remote applications.

WT2500. 2.5 kilowatt Wind turbine: power for a single house.

Providing about the same amount of electricity per year as the average household uses, this is the most popular size for domestic use.

It will generate enough to power the general loads around the house, e.g. fridge, freezer, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, television, computer, lights etc. and with some left over to heat the domestic hot water but not enough to heat the house.

WT6000. 6 kilowatt Wind turbine: power for a house plus some heating or export to utility.

The annual output of this machine will generate enough surplus power to do about half to two thirds of the heating as well as all the normal domestic loads. This will save a vast amount of money on central heating fuel over the years.

If you already have an existing heating system the power from the turbine can be fed into storage heaters in the main living rooms. This will allow you to switch the water filled radiators off, saving a corresponding amount of oil or gas.  This machine is also popular with people who want to be grid connected and export excess power for payment.

15 kilowatt Wind turbine:

Generating upwards of 30,000 units a year the fifteen kilowatt wind turbine is ideal for large country houses, schools, or community schemes. As with the other sizes it can be either grid connected or autonomous.

For a more descriptive explination of different systems and what would be suitable for your needs please contact us.