Benefits

NO CRANES

Save time, money, and headaches with a Parafold folding tower. Eliminate cranes, excavators, and vibrators. Eliminate the climbing system, step bolts, and their danger; tower falls are the leading cause of death in the small wind industry. Quickly and easily lower your turbine to the ground for maintenance and repairs, or before a storm.

NO CONCRETE

Eliminate soil testing, excavation, rebar, forms, concrete pouring, multiple inspections, and the lengthy cure time. In many cases, Parafold's new Parabuilt™ foundation can save you more than a month on installation.  Typical concrete tower foundations require a preparation time of 1 to 7 days that includes excavating the site, installing the rebar, and creating forms.  Then you need to request an inspection, get the inspector to the site, and schedule the concrete.  After the concrete is poured, another inspection is required.  Concrete often needs to cure for 28 days before the turbine is installed!  Parafold's Parabuilt™ foundation can be installed in one day without soil testing and multiple inspections and it is certified by Professional Engineers.

LOWER COST OF ENERGY

A Parafold tower not only reduces the cost of installation, but also reduces your maintenance and repair costs, lowering your cost of energy (COE) and saving you thousands of dollars over the life of a typical wind turbine. Most wind turbines are very reliable, especially when new, but they operate about 5000 hours per year in harsh conditions, and wear out like any other machine. As the turbine ages it will suffer more breakdowns. Not only do repairs and maintenance become more expensive, but you're not producing electricity when your turbine isn't operating.

The chart below estimates the amount of money a Parafold tower can save over the 20 year life of a 10kW wind turbine.