Power Production

Thanks to Windside's unique design and unparallelled engineering work Windside wind turbines are probably the most efficient wind turbines in the world. How is this possible?

  • Windside wind turbines have an abiliy to take advantage of even the lowest wind speeds (1-3 m/s).
  • The wind direction is not a significant factor for Windside, since the wind catches the spiral-shaped vanes always from the right angle.
  • Windside will carry on generating at wind speeds of 40 ms, 50 m/s or 60 m/s depending on the model.
  • Windside efficieny curve is across a very wide range of wind speeds. 

 

KWh production

We at Windside belive that the energy production should be informed in kWh/year basis and this production figure should be based on measurements done in real life circumstances. 

Commonly used maximum rated power has very little to do with real life results and therefore it is important to find out how many kWh the turbine is like to produce on annual basis at different wind speeds. 

We at Windside want to be honest with our customers and we use real life measurements when informing the expected annual output of the turbines. Please see below 

 

  Annual kWh output at average wind speed of 5 m/s
Annual kWh output at average wind speed of 7,5 m/s
Annual kWh output at average wind speed of 10 m/s
WS-0,15 range
40
96
206
WS-0,30 range 80
192
413
WS-2 range 700
1820
3913
WS-4 range 2000
5200
11180
WS-12 8640
22464
48298

 

The table above is an estimation based of real life measurements at less than 5 m/s average wind speed. It is challenging to say in advance how much energy the turbine can produce since there are several factors affecting the production. Things like wind speed, installation place, height of the mast, surrounding buildings and trees, turbulence, air density and wind shear.  

 

 



Two WS-12 producing power for heating up water at the "Mylly" shopping centre in Raisio, Finland

Two WS-12 producing power for heating up water at the "Mylly" shopping centre in Raisio, Finland.