CEO

Maeve Hurley has recently been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. She joined us in late 2007 as Finance Director and has been instrumental in securing successive rounds of funding for the business. “It’s an exciting time for quietrevolution. People aren’t just talking about distributed energy they are deploying it as part of their CSR initiatives. In the UK the introduction of a very attractive Feed-In-Tariff for small wind is driving increased demand as customers look to take advantage of the FITs via our qr5 turbine.”

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Our UK product price is now £20,000 for the qr5 turbine and in addition we have also improved the energy yield, particularly in lower wind sites, by over 50%. The reduction in price for the turbine (including rotor, mast and controls) represents a saving to customers of around 40%.

Why now you might ask?
This is due to a number of factors. The introduction of the feed in tariffs in April combined with the increase in demand for the qr5, has allowed us to pass on the savings accrued through committing to larger volumes, to our customers. Clients still benefit from incredibly low noise and vibration and our unique advanced safety and braking systems make installations close to the public possible. If you are interested in finding out if your site is feasible, please click on our quote request form.

New installations

Fleet numbers are currently at 120 turbines in the UK. Installations over the last year include the Environment Energy Centre in Leyland, Aberdeen College and Northampton college. Network Rail installations include Stafford, Wigan, Rugby and most recently Luton. They have now installed 15 qr5 turbines on their car parks around the country.

Environment Energy Centre, Leyland		Arena at Kings Dock, Liverpool

Planning requirements for small wind turbines

Current legislation states that planning permission is required on all sites when installing small wind turbines. One of the contributing factors affecting this legislation is the noise level at the location of the neighbouring properties. quietrevolution’s view is that generally if a wind turbine is not heard in lower wind speeds, its increased noise level at higher wind speeds will usually be masked by the increased levels of background noise. quietrevolution has proposed a solution to DECC officials that could unblock the discussions over absolute noise values which could contribute to the release of the impasse over permitted development rights for small wind turbines. The debate continues..

Recruitment

quietrevolution is looking for a CAD Design Engineer to join the team. The role will involve maintaining and developing the design integrity of the products within a multi-disciplinary Engineering team as well as play a key part in the design of the next generation of turbine.

We are also looking to expand our regional distribution team in Scotland. If you are interested in distributing the turbines please email info@quietrevolution.com

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We can't help thinking we might have missed a trick on sponsoring the 'boris bike'. A brilliant scheme.
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