Scirocco is a 5.6 m diameter rotor, 6 kW output professional-scale  wind generator ideal for remote sites with medium power needs, such as small farms, houses, or large homesteads and especially rural or village electrification, sea water desalination, direct electrical water run-of-the-wind pumping . 

Unlike most of its competitors, which use furling technique to decrease acquisition cost at the detriment of performances and reliability, Scirocco WT is designed and realized without compromise, using state of the art components, centrifugal pitch overspeed regulation device,  slewing rings for blades attachment and yawing, 100% sealed direct drive permanent magnet generator. Design and calculations have been made according with IEC 61400-2 design rules .

Scirocco is characterized by low rotation speed, a very high efficiency, more particularly  in the lower to medium wind speed range which is prevailing most of the time . This is the result of the conjunction of an optimized 2 blades rotor, an efficient direct drive PM generator, and variable speed management combined with the maximal power point tracking control following the constantly varying wind speed.

Noticeable points, energy production starts from less than 3m/s, rated power is obtained from 12 m/s and remain constant up to the maximum wind speed (60 m/s), thanks to the overspeed centrifugal full span pitch control device. These unique features make the Scirocco unit the most powerful WT of its class, without equivalent on the market, with a real energy production which is superior to those of some 7m diam. wind turbines. Tip speed is limited to 70m/s for low noise and low wearing.

The high availability of Scirocco WT power production makes it a reliable source of cost effective renewable energy throughout the years and weather conditions. Its superior low/medium wind performances opens new possibilities for the application of medium size wind power in distributed power production with minimal environmental impact.

An exclusive range of various dedicated power electronics allows to respond to a wide range of applications, like :

- utility grid feeding

- battery charging

- direct heating

- stand-alone AC distribution

- automatic diesel/grid coupling

- island AC grid (micro grid)

Scirocco's dedicated Power electronics :

(click to download data sheet)

• 5.2kW Integrated Power Center  (wind/PV/diesel scheme)

• 6kW grid inverter (New - VDE126/UL1741 - clearskies certified)

For UK customers, 5000£ grants are available for Scirocco wind turbine installation

Clearskies

( http://www.clear-skies.org/manufacturers/RecognisedProducts.aspx )

and demo WT in Nice

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(0.9Mo)

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(3.5Mo)

Scirocco  summarized specifications

Rated Output Power

:

6 kW at 11.5 m/s  and above (useful power at electronic output)

Cut in wind speed

<2.7 m/s

Rated wind speed

11.5 m/s

Survival wind speed

60 m/s

Rotor diam. / swept area

5.6 m / 24.7 m²

Blades

2 FV+ Epoxy blades, aluminum root insert, hollow technology

Power & Overspeed regulation

Full span centrifugal pitch control (fully sealed mechanism)

Rotation speed

80 to 245 rpm

Generator

synchronous NdFeB permanent magnet generator, fully sealed

Yawing

passive by downwind tail

Bearings

sealed slewing rings on blades and yawing

Towers

18/24/30m std. tilt up guyed towers, galvanized steel

Weight

202 kg (complete nacelle with rotor and generator)

Maintenance

annual inspection