Small wind doesn’t work, does it?
Small wind has failed historically.
Turbines were optimised for storms or high-winds, not the 5–9 m/s winds that actually dominate the UK & EU.
Some VAWTs on the market claim power based on power coefficient (Cp) values that violate physics and therefore can't deliver.
Installations required new towers, foundations and high civil CAPEX and were not deployable in cities and areas of high energy usage
Alpha 311 has changed that.
What did we do differently?
We've made small wind viable.
We engineered a vertical-axis wind turbine for real wind conditions not brochure wind and utilised technologies routinely applied in aeronautics and Formula 1.
Through applied aerodynamics we have created a turbine that is optimised to UK/EU usable wind energy
And we designed it to utilise existing infrastructure.
Smaller than traditional turbines
Designed to work in urban spaces as well as rural.
360° blades harvest air from all angles
The turbine doesn't need to turn into wind.
Cheaper to build and install
It needs less space and less materials
Smart sensors gather granular localised data
Better for maintenance and for customers.
Local communities receive power
Being small means energy can be generated where it is needed.
Turbines fit onto existing infrastructure
The design allows for installation on existing infrastructure, working alongside services.
How can it be used?
Got questions?
Follow our progress
November 2024
We have quietly hit a few milestones this year and we are long overdue on sharing this news. Following extensive CFD modelling and thorough testing in the wind tunnel at the University of Southampton, we have been proud to disclose our significantly upgraded turbine design with our existing shareholders and prospective investors.
January 2024
The Alpha 311 turbine recently entered the next stage of testing, being put through its paces at the University of Southampton wind tunnels.
June 2023
We know we’ve been quiet lately, but we have a good reason! Here’s our new, full-size wind turbine.
October 2021
The O2 in London has become the first venue in the world to install our ground-breaking wind turbines.
July 2021
The first O2 Arena turbine is ready! Earlier this year, we announced that The O2 Arena London will be the first venue in the world to trial our vertical axis wind turbines.
December 2020
We would like to introduce you to Tom, the Alpha 311 Mk.X prototype. Easier to retrofit onto any lighting column or pole. As soon as we got it installed it started to generate energy! We will learn so much from this prototype – what a difference the carbon fibre skin, the recycled P.E.T core and the new blades will make.
3 years of hard work has gone into developing it and shows what teamwork can achieve.
September 2020
A year since the Mk. I and progress to the Mk. IX shows the progress from the first investigation to see if our idea for a wind turbine with no central shaft, that rotated around a static pole (or in this case a piece of plastic pipe) was even feasible.
A year later and we have built a further eight versions of the blade assembly and have shown that we can produce energy in natural airflow.
July 2020
Testing continues on the blade assembly but using natural wind, rather than on the motorway (where it’s designed to be used).