Xeleo4All – Italy

Xeolo for all seeks to provide people living in remote areas with access to renewable wind energy. Xeleo turbines can easily be assembled, producing energy where it has been difficult to get until now.

Fast facts:

C12 plants in Italy;
0.02 euro per kilowatt-hour cost of energy;
74,000 kilowatt-hours per year capacity for largest model;
Turbines designed to last for more than 40 years.

The problem

Dependency upon fossil fuels for energy is detrimental to climate change. The world’s poorest regions, however, typically only have access to highly polluting fuels. This not only negatively impacts the local environment, but also the world as a whole.

The solution

Xeleo wind turbines are non-polluting and can easily be set up in hard-to-access places such as islands or mountainous regions. They are relatively lightweight, and easy to transport and assemble. The turbines are very dependable, quiet, and cheap to maintain. Various sizes are available, each of which produce different amounts of electricity.

This ensures the delivery of energy everywhere: hospitals, schools, resorts, and tourist villages. The turbine structures can also be covered with solar panels or solar thermal hybrid systems for maximum production and storage. The low-speed turbines could accommodate and shelter antennas and repeaters for telecommunications systems for television as well, so the entire system can be seen as a flexible solution for communities all over the world.

Helping the planet

Xeleo turbines have low environmental impact, both visually and acoustically. They are made of recyclable steel and aluminum. A rotation speed of less than one revolution per second assures they are less likely to interfere with birds’ flight paths. The turbines produce zero emissions, and can be coupled with additional green technologies.

Helping people

The project increases access to modern energy services. Xeleo turbines have real potential to power scattered villages and rural areas, which do not have access to electricity. Deployment of distributed energy attached to small local networks also serves local communities by creating jobs. In the long run, it is cheaper to produce electricity using these turbines, which saves people money on utility bills.

Scaling up

Currently in commercial use with the first three sizes, there are already a dozen production plants in Italy. There are plans to make the project international. Seven different sizes are possible, all which with their own capacities. The project can be expanded to anywhere in the world, especially to isolated and hard-to-access areas.