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Top class electricity production in Denmark
6.0 kW ANTARIS with 5.10 m D repeller produced 121 kWh in Denmark on 27.11.2011.
The turbine works with two 2-phase WB3300s in parallel mains operation with a hub height of 21 m.
ANTARIS small wind turbine system with new heating controller!
Our new heating controller has successfully passed six month field tests and is now approved for the market.
The innovations relate to a more user-friendly operator software with a touch panel.
The output electronics were improved, combined with an optimum parametrisation of the characteristic curve for the related turbines.
In addition the circuit board cooling was optimised by means of integrated fans, in order to ensure the increased turbine output.
Further info under the heating mode link.
Powerful ANTARIS generator
The ANTARIS 6.0 with an efficient generator is available from 01.07.2011.
The CK 7.5 generator is now the most efficient design that the ANTARIS has ever had.
The rotating speed has been reduced to 345 rpm / 6.5 kW and there is separate cooling for the front bearing bracing.
The housing design is, as previously, made of aluminium and the weight has increased from 50 kg to 57 kg.
Successful ANTARIS certification in Denmark
Following successful certification in Denmark and subsequent commissioning, each ANTARIS 6.0 kW wind turbine produces ca. 700 kWh / month with 5.10 m repellers and a hub height of 18 - 21 m.
ANTARIS treetop wind turbine
Wolfgang Frey, an architect from Freiburg, enters the wind power debate with treetop wind turbines. He installed an ANTARIS 3.5 kW small wind turbine on a Douglas-fir that was 30 metres high as a pilot plant in Freiamt in the district of Emmendingen. A legal loophole in the rules on authorisation makes this possible.
School project ANTARIS 5.5 kW, ...
performed by students of the Lycée du Nord à Wiltz in Luxembourg.
ANTARIS Windturbine Denmark
Video ANTARIS Windturbine Denmark
News about ANTARIS Windturbines
ANTARIS 5.5 kW unit with a rotor of only 3.5 m produced in Cork, Ireland. 8000 kWh in 16 months; Hub height 12 m
ANTARIS 2.5 kW unit with 3.0 m rotor produced in Schleswig Holstein. 5000 kWh in 18 months; Hub height 12 m
ANTARIS Wind Turbines at the "new energy husum 2011" Fair
ANTARIS wind turbine generator available as marine version
ANTARIS wind turbine generators are now also available in a marine version:
- generator housing anodised, primed and double coated;
- all aluminium parts on the rotor are resistant to sea water, anodised and powder coated;
- all steel parts are high-temperature galvanised; on request they can also be powder coated in addition;
- all bolted joints of stainless steel.
Now nothing can stand in the way of using them in tough coastal areas.
BRAUN Wind Turbines Facebook Page
BRAUN Windturbinen GmbH now has its very own page on Facebook.
There you have the opportunity to interact with us, to pass on your opinion and suggestions and to keep informed.
Current field tests on ANTARIS wind turbine generators
At present there are two field tests on the small-sized ANTARIS wind turbine generator in Denmark and Austria.
- field test in Denmark with the ANTARIS 5.5 kW unit 4.40 m and 5.10 m rotor
- field test in Lichtenegg, Austria with the ANTARIS 3.5 kW unit (3.50 m) and 5.5 kW unit (5.10 m)
On 11.01.2011 the machine in Denmark produced 90 kWh of electricity.
New ANTARIS Small Windturbine installed
Location: Westerwald,
Hub height: 15 m; average wind speed 3.4 m/s; Commissioning 03.12.2010
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Newsletter October 2010
Here you can read the Newsletter October 2010
Installation 5.5 kW ANTARIS Windgenerator
December 2009
All the ANTARIS 5.5 kW Windturbines in Portugal produced on exposed sites in December up to 60 - 68 kWh daily.
The ANTARIS 3.5 kW Turbines produced a power up to 35 - 43 kWh daily.
One of the Portuguese ANTARIS 3.5 kW Turbines produced in one year 4.600 kWh.
The photovoltaic solar power plant, with the same power, produced in that year 3.900 kWh.
You can see that data recording beneath our "Links"
October 2009
One of the ANTARIS 5.5 kW Windturbines produced on a site in Ireland 68 kWh within 24h (22.10.2009).
Remarkable, the repeller diameter is 3.5 m.
ANTARIS as a turbine for weak wind situations
From the fourth quarter of 2009 ANTARIS will as well be available as a turbine for weak wind with repeller´s diameters of 4.0 to 4.5 meters and 5.5 kW performance.
The construction of the generator is 16-pin, does not have gear and brushes and is free of maintenance and detent torque at 5.5 kW / 12.5 kW.
Naturally ANTARIS turbines of this scale are equally appropriate for heating.
TV Broadcast
On August 11th, Südwest Rundfunk broadcastet an extensive report on
the authorisation of small wind energy plants, shot in collaboration
with BRAUN Windturbinen GmbH and manufacturers of electrical components
in Westerwald.
A comment on the article can be found on
http://www.swr.de/im-gruenen-rp/-/id=100810/nid=100810/did=5063418/eyaum4/index.html
The report can alternatively be watched on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=husEXIXuSCM
Generators as low-speed motors
By reason of a growing demand for low-speed generators, BRAUN Windturbinen GmbH produces PMG´s reaching 125 VDC at about 50 rpm. The power is 2,5 kW at an overcharge-capability of 100%. They will be available by mid-October 2008.
Windpark in Portugal
In Portugal the first wind park with 40 ANTARIS wind turbines whose operation takes place in parallel with a network is presently developing.
Each machine provides 3,6 kW. Completion is to take place until the end of 2008.
New Blade profile
From the second quarter of 2008, there is a new blade profile for repellers with a diameter of 3,5 meters. The profile permits the even more efficient generation of power at a wind speed of four to six m/sec. First field test have already proven this.
The minimisation of sound results from blades endowed with especial turbulators.
Antaris in field test
During a field test lasting from November 2007 until January 2008,
energy plant ANTARIS produced 1.169 kWh wind-generated energy.
The diameter of the repeller is 3,5 meters, the power of generator 2,5 kW and hub height 20 meters.
The turbine is currently driven by a 3,5 / 5,5 kW generator whereas the repeller´s diameter continues to be 3,5 meters. The generator´s maximum capacity on March 1st 2008 has been 5.160 W. Within four weeks, ANTARIS produced 490 kWh wind-generated energy.
Due to a high demand, delivery time momentarily comprises eight weeks. We therefore recommend timeous ordering and ask for your understanding.