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ÉOLE CAP-CHAT
Route 132, route du Village-du-Cap, P. O. Box 10
Cap-Chat (Québec) G0J 1E0
Phone: 418 786-5719
Fax: 418 786-2528

blandinc@globetrotter.net

 

 

Guided visits

Come discover Éole's secrets.
Guided visit and tour of the site.
Official wind energy interpretation site since 1988.

Take a guided tour at the NORDAIS wind park and GO INSIDE the tallest vertical-axis WIND GENERATOR in the world! Interpretors are present to help you see and understand how the equipment works and learn about advances in wind generation technology. Futhermore, you will get an insight in the work or researchers involved in this source of energy, in this times of concern about environmental preservation. (video) Exposition.

 

 

       
   

Big wind turbine

A - Elevation: 110 meters

B - Platform

C - Superior bearing of the rotor

D - Guy wire

E - Blade

F - Rotor column

G - Strut

H - Structure support

I - Mechanical disc brakes

J - Flexible connection

K - Pivot system

L - Support bearing of the rotor

M - Generator

       
   

Small wind turbines

A - Ø 48 m - Rotor diameter

B - 5 º

C - 1,4 m

D - 2,7 m

E - 55 m - Hub height

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