Project 2020-2024 : Demonstrator

From a blank page to actual test of a wooden made turbine on an old mill : This is the first

achievement of VISETA project called DEMO. Supported by different academic and non academic

organization, challenge have been been taken up with precise assembly and positive dynamic

behaviour ! 2 turbines have been produced and installed first on a test bed and secondly on the river.

Results have led us to launch the Scale 1 program which is currently going on (see bleow)

  • Les partners

    Main financial support to the project is the Occitanie Region, and additional support has been provided by EdF « un territoire une rivière » program or « 1 % for the planet members » such as « la fabrique à filets » or Mr De Gromard, lawyer at 175 avocats office. 4500 hours of voluntary work have aslo been gathered to come up with this project.

    Technical support has been provided by a techonology development platform called PFT Bois Occitanie in support with CRITT Bois Occitanie. Two companies have profided free of charge material : Vortex IO and BioPura.

Projet 2024-2026 : Scale 1

We are now developping and testing a full size turbine, which will be capable of producing around 2kW. Tailored for personal or collective use, installed on very low head abandonned mills, solution will be localy produced, easy to install and to repair by its owner

  • Turbine 2Kw

    Mainly inherided from DEMO, we put additional requirements to increase resilience and social impact of the solution : Re-use of second hand parts for metallic parts, capability to produce a majority of pieces in local workshops, the 2kW turbine shall be affordable and with minimal CO2

    footprint

  • Fisch ladder

    We intent on proposing a fish ladder solution with the same philosophy : Affordable, local, easy to install and resilient.

  • Training

    We intent on proposing an entire installation and repair training plus additional manufacturing training for improving accessibility and cost of the technology.

  • Les partners

    Occitanie region , PFT CONPIM, Eco-Habilis 65 (Ibos), PFT Efficacité Energetique Midi Pyrenees, Le Lien.