Mid Atlantic Community and Small Wind Energy Conference

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Excerpt: Community Wind Across America presents a two-day regional conference on local, state and national policies, and options for financing Community and Small Wind projects. The conference, running from Feb. 8-9,  will also include practical information on how to put together a community wind project. C …

One company’s experience at the Small and Community Wind Expo

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Excerpt: The AWEA Small and Community Wind Conference and Exhibition took place last week  in Portland, OR. Virginia-based consultancy CGE was one of the attendees and shared their thoughts about the show. The company said: The pre-conference seminars on the Fundamentals of Small and Community Wind, and …

Small and Community Wind Conference and Expo- Oregon

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Excerpt: AWEA will host its Small and Community Wind Conference and Expo in Portland, Oregon Dec. 7- 9. The event, held at the Oregon Convention Center, brings together thought leaders of the wind industry with manufacturers, dealers, installers, and customers from across the domestic, commercial, and agr …

The pitfalls of building-integrated wind power

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Excerpt: What are the pitfalls and problems with building integrated wind power? Why is it that throwing a turbine on the top of a 50 M building doesn't produce the output that the manufacturers state? Well, according to a recent article from Windpower Engineering Analyzing Building-Integrated Wind Power the …

Advantages of connecting wind power to the grid

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Excerpt: Small wind energy systems can be connected to the electricity distribution system and are called grid-connected systems. A grid-connected wind turbine can be very beneficial by reducing your consumption of utility-supplied electricity for lighting, appliances, and electric heat. If the turbine canno …

How to calculate wind power output

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Excerpt: Most U.S. manufacturers rate their turbines by the amount of power they can safely produce at a particular wind speed, usually chosen between 24 mph or 10.5 m/s and 36 mph or 16 m/s. The following formula illustrates factors that are important to the performance of a wind turbine. Notice that the wi …

Understanding the components of a small wind turbine

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Excerpt: Home wind energy systems generally consist of blades, a rotor, a generator or alternator mounted on a frame, a tail (usually), a tower, wiring, and "balance of system” components ie. controllers, inverters, and/or batteries. The spinning of the blades enables the rotor to capture the kinetic energ …

What size wind turbine do I need?

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Excerpt: The size of the wind turbine you need depends on your application. Small turbines range in size from 20 watts to 100 kilowatts (kW). The smaller or “micro” (20- to 500-watt) turbines are used in a variety of applications such as charging batteries for recreational vehicles and sailboats. 1 ki …

Can Residential Wind Power the Electric Cars of the Future?

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Excerpt: I have been somewhat intrigued by the topic of wind power charging the electric cars of the future as of late. After reading through a number of blogs and different Q & A areas on the internet, I decided to take the question of feasibility into my own hands, so that I can calculate the outcome a …

What to do with Stray Voltage

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Excerpt: This unusual phenomenon, primarily affecting farm livestock, is the result of faulty wiring on any number of electrical systems (not just wind turbines) and easily prevented by industry-standard practices. It is also a strictly localized issue that will not affect off-site parties or properties. …