Abstract: -- A device for generating electric current in a fluid flow circuit, including a duct segment interposed in the fluid flow circuit, a rotor mounted in the duct segment and movable by the passage of a fluid through the device, and a stator or stator circuit cooperating with the rotor and producing electric current. The rotor is made up of a transverse flow turbine, the axis of rotation of which extends across the duct segment, the turbine having at the longitudinal ends of its axis of rotation means for holding against the opposite walls of the duct segment, the stator or stator circuit being positioned outside the duct segment at an end of the turbine which is able to be driven in rotation while the turbine moves, and includes structure for generating a magnetic flux for cooperating with the stator or stator circuit in order to produce the electric current.

Abstract: A collapsible wind turbine includes a turbine with a vertical axis (A). The turbine is supported by a vertical pylon, pivotably mounted about a hinge, and by linking members connecting the rotation shaft of the turbine to the pylon while maintaining a separation therebetween. The wind turbine includes: —an electricity generator of which the axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pylon, the generator being secured to the ground; and—at least one flexible link connecting and synchronising the rotation of the generator with the rotation shaft of the turbine by linear travel of the flexible link in a closed-circuit path, so as to drive the rotation shaft of the generator by the movement of the turbine. The present structure is, in particular related to land-based wind turbines in a cyclone-prone area.

Abstract: A collapsible wind turbine includes a turbine with a vertical axis (A). The turbine is supported by a vertical pylon, pivotably mounted about a hinge, and by linking members connecting the rotation shaft of the turbine to the pylon while maintaining a separation therebetween. The wind turbine includes: —an electricity generator of which the axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pylon, the generator being secured to the ground; and—at least one flexible link connecting and synchronising the rotation of the generator with the rotation shaft of the turbine by linear travel of the flexible link in a closed-circuit path, so as to drive the rotation shaft of the generator by the movement of the turbine. The present structure is, in particular related to land-based wind turbines in a cyclone-prone area.