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Evance Wind Turbine Orders Soar
Loughborough, 2 September 2009 – UK orders for Evance’s Iskra R9000 small wind turbine have increased by 300 percent since the Government announced its support for small wind with its new feed in tariffs, part of its Renewable Energy strategy.

Evance Wind Turbine Orders Soar
Loughborough, 2 September 2009 – UK orders for Evance’s Iskra R9000 small wind turbine have increased by 300 percent since the Government announced its support for small wind with its new feed in tariffs, part of its Renewable Energy strategy.

The company has seen interest in purchasing small wind turbines for rural areas (particularly farms and small businesses) undergo an explosive increase and has increased production and the number of distributors it works with in response.

Feed-in Tariffs

Turbine owners can earn around 10p per kWh produced (whether consumed by the owner or not) under the Renewable Obligation Certificate scheme until April 2010. After April 2010 a new programme of feed-in tariffs will transform small wind turbine economics by paying owners more for each unit of electricity generated. These payments will be in addition to the financial benefits of displacing grid electricity and selling excess energy back to the grid. In the UK, the proposed payment is 23p per unit for turbines between 1.5kW and 15kW, and all approved systems installed from now will qualify.

According to Evance, the new feed in tariffs mean that an Evance wind turbine will generate between £2000 and £3000 per year (more on windy sites). This, combined with grants available (to domestic, farming and public sector installations) reduces the payback time against the cost of a turbine to anything between three and six years.

This is welcome news at a time when large scale wind turbines have suffered a blow with the recent closure of the Vestas plant in the Isle of Wight. Evance small wind turbines are designed, manufactured and assembled in the UK.

Claus Jacobsen, Sales & Marketing Director of Evance, says: “The government has acted slowly in granting support to larger-scale manufacturing operations, despite its vision of the UK becoming a world leader in the manufacturing of renewable technologies. But the announcement of feed-in tariffs has driven demand for small wind turbines as it becomes a much more economically viable option. People are considering their long-term future and seeking to decrease their reliance on fossil fuels.

“If the government gives its support to manufacturing small wind turbines, then we will start to see economies of scale, and the price of manufacturing will go down, reducing the up-front cost of the turbine. As this happens, demand will increase even further.”

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Notes to editors:

Evance is a supplier of renewable energy systems. It makes an advanced wind turbine (ISKRA R9000) for the ‘small wind’ market - for example, for homes, schools, and farms (as opposed to the ‘big wind’ market of commercial wind farms or roof mounted turbines - micro wind).


For more information or to speak to Claus Jacobsen or Peter Allen, CEO of Evance, please contact:

Kate Hartley

Carrot Communications

Tel: 020 7903 5103 or 0771 406 5233 Email: kate.hartley@carrotcomms.co.uk






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Read More... EVANCE EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Press Release 27th July 2009 Loughborough, 23rd July 2009 – Evance has appointed Dugald Butler as International Business Development Manager to drive and manage the growth of its global distributor network.

Loughborough, 23rd July 2009 – Evance has appointed Dugald Butler as International Business Development Manager to drive and manage the growth of its global distributor network. Butler will be based in the UK and joins Evance from a competing small wind turbine manufacturer. Commenting on his appointment, Butler said; “It was Evance’s commitment to top quality products, and technical and operational excellence that attracted me to the company. These are all critical elements for the creation of a professional, competitive and sustainable business development programme.”

Commenting on Dugald’s appointment, Claus Jacobsen, Sales and Marketing Director, Evance said: “Dugald brings a wealth of experience to Evance. Small wind is a specialist sector and in Dugald we have someone who understands the do’s and dont’s of international distribution and what is essential for both parties to commit to in order to make the Evance Iskra R9000 wind turbine a highly successful and profitable part of any distributor or reseller’s offering.”

Since its rebrand in May 2009 Evance has announced new distributors in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Poland, United States and Scotland. Evance’s Iskra R9000 Evance’s new Iskra R9000 turbine heralds a significant advance in efficiency, reliability, durability, corrosion resistance, and reduced installation time and cost. The turbine is an evolution of the popular and reliable Iskra AT5-1 and has been developed over two years, including continuous monitoring and evaluation on Evance’s test sites, instrumented and measured according to IEC standards.

Full details of Evance and its products can be found at www.evancewind.com

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Notes to editors: Evance is a supplier of renewable energy systems. It makes an advanced wind turbine (ISKRA R9000) for the ‘small wind’ market - for example, for homes, schools, and farms (as opposed to the ‘big wind’ market of commercial wind farms or roof mounted turbines - micro wind).

For more information please contact: Richard Houghton/Kate Hartley Carrot Communications Tel: 020 7903 5103 or 07803 178 037 Email: richard.houghton@carrotcomms.co.uk

Read More... EVANCE TARGETS GROWING US SMALL WIND MARKET WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF NEW DISTRIBUTOR
Press Release 6th July 2009 New Danish Distributor Strengthens European Reach of New Turbine
Loughborough, 6th July 2009 – Evance is targeting a slice of the rapidly growing US small wind market with the appointment of full service wholesale distributor of renewable energy products, DC Power Systemsfor its Iskra R9000 5kw turbine.

New Danish Distributor Strengthens European Reach of New Turbine
Loughborough, 6th July 2009 – Evance is targeting a slice of the rapidly growing US small wind market with the appointment of full service wholesale distributor of renewable energy products, DC Power Systemsfor its Iskra R9000 5kw turbine.


The Evance turbine will be sold through the company’s network of 250 active dealers. DC Power Systems expects home owners, light commercial sites, and agricultural sites to be the first to buy the Iskra R9000.

Evance has also appointed CIRKEL ENERGI as its distributor in Denmark, strengthening its European reach following May’s announcementof new distributors in Germany and Poland.

The American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) Small Wind Turbine Global Study (Year Ending 2008) projects a 30-fold growth in installed small wind capacity in the US within five years. Much of this estimated growth will be spurred by the new eight-year 30% federal Investment Tax Credit augmented in February 2009.

Michael Miller, Wind Power Sales Manager, DC Power Systems, said of Evance’s Iskra R9000: “We chose the turbine because of its elegant variable pitching mechanism, overall engineering and construction quality and suitability for the US market.”

Evance’s new Iskra R9000 turbine heralds a significant advance in efficiency, reliability, durability, corrosion resistance, and reduced installation time and cost. The turbine is an evolution of the popular and reliable Iskra AT5-1 and has been developed over two years, including continuous monitoring and evaluation on Evance’s test sites, instrumented and measured according to IEC standards

Full details of Evance and its products can be found at www.evancewind.com

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Notes to editors:

Evance is a supplier of renewable energy systems. It makes an advanced wind turbine (ISKRA R9000) for the ‘small wind’ market - for example, for homes, schools, and farms (as opposed to the ‘big wind’ market of commercial wind farms or roof mounted turbines - micro wind).


For more information please contact:

Richard Houghton/Kate Hartley

Carrot Communications

Tel: 020 7903 5103 or 07803 178 037

Email: richard.houghton@carrotcomms.co.uk



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