Consumer Wind Turbines?

[Wrinkle]

Installation started today and the grand ribbon cutting ceremony is Thursday at 1pm. The generator is a small vertical axis with a small foot print. It will supply enough energy to power all the lighting in the main entrance and classroom.

This is the brand...http://www.mariahpower.com/

Nice feely-good project. Specs suggest 2,000 kWh/year at 12mph average windspeed. At Tulsa's 10mph or less average, and in relation to its Power Curve, I wouldn't expect more than half to a quarter of that, especially when demand time use is included. If a battery array is also installed, at additional cost, it becomes very marginal, even on a donated turbine.

Hope they build a website for realtime monitoring of the thing.
Only then would it become the educational and demonstrational project intended. That would have some value.

If nothing else, it would show some sites are not really well suited to wind power.

[Mike 01Hawk]

Well holly crap!!! I had an AMAZING discovery today!!! Hyper hyper!!!!!

So, it's now fall, fall = less/no leaves on the trees.  Meaning I can see more stuff around my house.  I can even clearly see the Coweta Power plant from my back yard.  Anyway,  I go out side to do some yard work this morning, and what the hell do I see?  In my neighbor's yard a couple houses down? TWO VAWTs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW FRIGGEN AWESOME IS THAT?!?!?!?!  I couldn't even feel the wind blowing this morning and those suckers were spinning like crazy.

Now all I need to do is go schmooze on up to my neighbor and pick their brains to death.  I couldn't ASK for a better 'real world' scenario! I'll know exactly what kind of #s I'll get if I install one on my property.

It's like a sign or something, lol!

Anyway, once I get the guts to go randomly knock on a strangers door I'll get back w/ the info I gleam.

[buckeye]

Very interesting...

Post back to the forum when you get the skinny.