Vergnet is a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 wind turbine

Wind turbine

A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...

 manufacturer headquartered in Orléans

Orléans

-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...

. The company also produces water pumps installed in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

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Vergnet wind turbines are small to mid size (the newest model is rated for 1MW) designed for operation in tropical countries: Caribbean

Caribbean

The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...

, Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, parts of Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 and South America

South America

South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...

. They are robust, designed to resist hurricanes (by parking the turbine close to the ground), and easy to assemble on site from factory-made kits.

In 2008, Vergnet got a large contract for 120 1MW turbines in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

. http://www.vergnet.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=213&Itemid=174&lang=en.

links and references

• Official website
• http://www.boursorama.com/conseils/detail_conseils.phtml?num=9648011345c8a903e465f49dcb1fe026&org=1rEPALVER Analysis of the company by a stock market commentator (in french)
• http://www.thewindpower.net/wind-turbines-pictures-378-vergnet.php Pictures of the company's turbines
• http://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/vergnet_contrat_ethiopie_resultats_premier_semestre_2008_5943.php4 News article on the contract in Ethiopia (in French)