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GUS vertical axis wind
turbine
Shattering all its previous records, the U.S. wind energy industry
installed over 5,000 megawatts (MW) in 2007. The new installations
expand the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45% in a
single year, bringing the U.S. total installed wind power capacity
to over 16,800 MW.
We are proud to be
the Midwest and Rocky Mountain Distributor of
Greenpower Utility System (GUS™) line of vertical axis wind
turbines
through our industry partner
Tangarie Alternative
Power.
The Helical
Savonius design of wind turbines has a 25+ year
history of low maintenance, long life operation in the harshest of
environments.
The benefits of the
GUS™ turbine are:
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Low cut-in speed
of 1.5 to 2 M/S (3.4 to 4.5 mph, varies with size of unit)
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Low maintenance –
30 year bearings that
do not require lubrication
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Wildlife friendly
– Wildlife perceives it as a solid object so is less likely to fly
into it
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Quite operation –
produces virtually no noise, silent against background noise
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Vertical axis –
unaffected by wind direction or turbulence
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Aesthetically
unobtrusive – lends itself to architecturally pleasing integration
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High wind
operation – 60 mph, 90 mph, and 135mph models available
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Do not collect
and shed ice
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Produces as much
as 50% more
energy annually than a prop type of equal swept area
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Optional
coloring, logos, or rotor shape may be set to customer
specification
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