News & Articles on Small & Household Size Wind Turbines
Small wind turbines encompass a broad range of wind turbines from micro turbines, to mini turbines, to household-size turbines. Wind turbines in these size classes may have power ratings from a few watts to dozens of kW. Internationally, this category includes wind turbines up to 15 meters (49 feet) in diameter. Wind turbines of this size may have power ratings from 50 to 100 kW.
While ducted or shrouded wind turbines and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines can be of any size, they are listed here because they are outside the mainstream of the commercial wind industry.
Small Ducted Turbines on the March in New York
By
Paul Gipe
On 14 June the Adirondack Explorer reported that two small ducted wind turbines have been installed in the Adirondack Mountains …
Power Performance Test Report for the SWIFT Wind Turbine
By
Paul Gipe
NREL’s field test report on Renewable Devices Swift in 2011 can be found here: Power Performance Test Report for the …
2022 Report on Britain’s Successful Small-Scale Renewables Program
By
Paul Gipe
Despite the Tories best efforts to kill them, small-scale renewables have continued to grow under Britain’s pioneering feed-in tariff program. …
Camden Hills Regional High School Windplanners celebrate 10 years of energy production with wind turbine
By
Sadie Woodruff
Ten years of the turbine in our backyard has shown we can coexist with wind energy.
Fun in the Sun: Bringing Sail Wings Back to Greece
By
Paul Gipe
I receive a fair amount of mail of the “What do you think of this” variety. Often it’s a quick push of the delete key and I am off about my business. Occasionally I’ve been known to go “Hmm” and forced to go a little further. A proposal by SAILWIND from the Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Gestaltung, Konstanz (the University of Applied Sciences, Constance) falls into the latter category.
Staffer blows whistle on blowhard America’s Cup wind-power plan
By
Jonathan Milne
A waterfront lantern festival powered by a ‘wind tree’ was the last gasp for a failing business. In the final in a three-part series, Jonathan Milne reports how Evan Price’s chickens came home to roost – on a steel tree.
