Determining Setback Distances and Height for Small Wind Turbines

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Excerpt: To balance against the need for tall towers, good practice requires that a small wind turbine in a residential district be "set back" from a property line some given distance. (For commercial or other zones, this distance is often considerably less, even zero, since in these areas affected parties s …

How Loud is a Wind Turbine Really?

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Excerpt: Modern small wind turbines have better insulation, lower rotation speeds, fewer moving parts, no gearboxes, and more efficient blades that make them much quieter than their ancestors. Today's small wind turbines emit sound that is barely discernible from ambient noise, even with a decibel (dB) meter …

Why YOU Should Install a Small or Community Wind System?

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Excerpt: Your family's electric bill has climbed to $400 per month and you expect it go higher. You are worried how global warming will affect your kids. And you don't want to wait around for others to fix these problems. Generating your own, clean power sounds like a great idea, and something you may …

Integrating Wind Power with Utilities

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Excerpt: In a recent interview with Pacificorp Vice President of Wind Energy Mark Tallman, I asked Mark what are the biggest issues facing the wind industry today in terms of connecting with the power grid? He had basically two responses, the first was policy issues that wind turbine owners face as they atte …