Friday, March 12, 2010

3 Myths of Wind Turbines for Home Use

The tough recessionary times has many people looking for ways to save money any way they can.  One such way to do this is to try and make your own free electricity at home.  I had heard many good things about wind power for home use, so I decided to look into this further.  I [...]

Homemade Wind Turbines

Homemade Wind Turbines.
Wind power is for sure a very prospective alternative for green energy source. If you ever consider to use it to power your house, first thing first please consider the location where you live.
A windmill solution obviously requires wind. To be specific, you will need wind speeds more than 8MPH on average. But [...]

Rooftop Wind Turbines Coming Home

January 25, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine  
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From San Francisco to New York City, rooftop wind turbines are hitting the home front. Rooftop wind turbines are being installed on both homes and businesses at an unprecedented rate due to several factors including the desire to save electricity, cut down owns dependency upon fossil fuels and as a visible symbol that one is [...]

WindTamer Turbines Break the Betz .593 Theoretical Limit for Wind Energy

January 19, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine  
Filed under Wind Energy

ROCHESTER, NY–(Marketwire – December 2, 2009) – WindTamer Corporation (OTCBB:WNDT) today released the results of a performance report from Professor Kenneth Visser of the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York. The report is based on an analysis of field testing in the Geneseo, New York area and numerical [...]

Another Reason to Build Wind Turbines – if You Want a (better) Job

January 13, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine  
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If you gain experience in building wind turbines for your home, it won’t only reduce your power bills and maybe get back some money from the power company like in California, but as a recent survey shows there is a serious shortage of qualified wind turbine technicians across the country!

 We just read the results of [...]

Residential Wind Turbines – Tips that Will Allow You to Make Use of Wind Energy

January 7, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine  
Filed under Wind Energy

In the earlier days, the only place where we could see wind power being used was in big farmhouses to pump water and the like. But now there is the concept of residential wind turbines that have come into existence which provides an innovative method to generate electricity. This method if practiced not only makes [...]

Wind Speeds What Is The Best For Wind Turbines

What Should The Wind Speeds Be For Your Wind Turbine?
There are many different types of wind turbine models people would be able to use for their home. But, not all of them would be ideal for each residence since wind speed differs depending on where you live. There are several places on the web that [...]

Wind Turbines

People show an increasing tendency towards having their own wind turbines for generating their own electricity and also for reducing their contribution to environmental problems arising from carbon based energy sources.
Wind turbines and their operation A wind turbine is a machine that can convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. Blowing wind [...]

Pros and Cons of Wind Turbines, Does it Worth It?

January 5, 2010 by Build Your Own Wind Turbine  
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In short: resounding yes. Many are against wind turbines and wind farm building, and I have to admit they have a few good reasons other than the stupid „I don’t like the look of wind mills in the countryside”. Well, I don’t like that the Arctic is getting smaller and smaller every day, and the [...]

When you Should Choose Wind Turbines Over Solar Panels

Many people today are unaware of why and when you should use renewable energy sources in today’s world. The main reason for using natural energy is mainly down to the environment, and if you care to improve the quality of it. But with many viable energy sources out there, which one you choose can be [...]

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