Isra-Mart srl:QuietRevolution continues with German turbine deal

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The UK may still lag far behind Germany in terms of installed wind energy capacity, but that has not stopped a British manufacturer inking a major deal to export small-scale turbines to Germany.

London-based QuietRevolution has developed an innovative vertical axis wind turbine, which the company claims is currently the only wind turbine on the market that is specifically designed for use in urban and suburban areas, and is currently engaged in a major expansion push driven by the rollout of incentives for onsite renewable energy across Europe.

The company announced yesterday that it has inked an exclusive sales agreement with RWE Innogy that will see the German energy giant sell its turbines. Under the terms of the deal, RWE has already installed two of the company's qr5 turbines in Germany and will commit to sell up to 100 turbines over the next year.

QuietRevolution was founded in 2006 and recently launched the fifth version of its vertical axis turbine, amid claims that the compact 5x3 metre design actually works best in turbulent wind conditions, making it ideally suited for many of those urban and building-mounted locations that are unsuitable for conventional turbines.

The company said that 120 of its qr5 model have already been installed with more in the pipeline over the next 12 months.

Maeve Hurley, chief executive of QuietRevolution, said that the deal with RWE Innogy represented "an exciting step forward for the business" that underlined the commercial viability of the company's technology. "This represents a new stage in our growth and is a clear indication of the growing demand for renewable technologies," she said.