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Ventera Energy
Ventera Energy is a company that holds a good potential for the
small turbine market. The Ventera principals are from the
former World Power Technologies company which was bought out by
Southwest Windpower. Elliot Bayly started the new company, Ventera, located in Duluth Minnesota, currently
offers one turbine, the VT10. Their goal is to design and
manufacture an all new wind and solar hybrid system that is cost
effective for moderate wind areas.
The VT10, presently their single wind turbine product for sale,
comes only in a grid tie configuration. Normally we would not be
interested in a unit that was not also offered in a battery charging
version. We have been told by the company that they are indeed
working on a battery charging version. Since the VT10 looks like a
solid contender in the small wind market we feel it is worthwhile to
review it. The price versus possible power output is very attractive
for a system of this size.
Ventera Blade Tip
Pitch.
The turbine itself is a downwind
design. It has blade tip pitch for speed control. The outer portion
of the blade actually moves instead of the whole blade twisting. It
is caused by centrifugal force.
Note
The information provided for this wind turbine(s) is
very limited. We have only posted basic specs and information
here. The "Turbine Reviews" section in "
The
Ultimate
Consumer's Guide To Wind Power" is not comprised of these
exact pages.
The ebook
does
contain thorough, in-depth content, side-by-side comparisons, and our
unbiased opinion of each turbine.
Photos Courtesy of
Ventera-Energy.
