Your own wee windmill?

For hifi geeks up and down the land the lastest fad seems to the need to have clean power. So far we are only trying to clean up the hopelessly dirty and poluted mains supply. So what is the solution? Why not go for the ultimate solution, generate your own electricity with your very own wee windmill in your garden for only £995.



http://www.windsave.com/A4 Brochure .pdf

http://www.windsave.com/qanda.htm

 

No sorry, green does not equal clean. You'll need something that produces a stable current as well as keeping of the national grid.

What I want is my own transformer

 

This looks quite competitive. If you want a stand alone mains system, I think you need some 'submarine'

or 'reach truck' batteries:



Here are some competition, for comparison:

http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/test/wind.htm

 

Those windmill you suggested look interesting. Never knew this has been a long establish practise in sailing boat. What got me interested was an article in the Herald. I was wondering how practical is the concept for domestic home. Then would it be acceptable for most city planning? For example would you object if your neigbour put one of this wee windmill on the roof or in my case the common flat roof?

 

And it would still be powered from the national grid

 

I'm in the countryside and there're several wind turbines round here so I'd wondered about generating my own green electric too. I ultimately decided it was too much trouble unless it was for 'fun'. From the investigations I did wind turbines work best with clean non turbulent air so cities are the worst place for them, all those roofs mixing up the air flow. Photovoltatics cost an absolute fortune for the number needed to get a good amount of power. Then there are the various controllers and all the battery storage needed for when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining. Also unless you convert the house/equipment to DC supply an invertor is required, with good ones starting at about £500 depending on how much power you need for the equipment.

I came to the conclusion that a small diesel generator looked like the best choice. I probably try one one day.

 

The company only started trading on Monday !

Roughly speaking 1 turbine will produce approx 1/3 of the average households power.

Therefore 3 turbines equals free lecy, assuming its windy !