This is why you should not but a home wind turbine from someone who is not successful themselves. You should not buy one and attempt to know how to succeed by reading articles and books either. What it takes to make it work is not in any articles or books, those seem to all be written by folks who have never been really successful at home wind themselves.

Additionally, for the small money spent on that junkyard turbine.. Is 5% for the next 30 years a bad thing? The one pictured in this article, a skystream, yes at that expense $15,000 installed 5% would be a disappointment. But that system lumped in with a junkyard turbine between two houses behind a fireplace.. What kind of study is that.. not.

I get 30% on my WindEnergy7 system easly, but it’s wind/solar hybrid 3 turbine kit and is installed correctly, sited well, grid tied. It’s awesome.

This is why you should not but a home wind turbine from someone who is not successful themselves. You should not buy one and attempt to know how to succeed by reading articles and books either. What it takes to make it work is not in any articles or books, those seem to all be written by folks who have never been really successful at home wind themselves.

Additionally, for the small money spent on that junkyard turbine.. Is 5% for the next 30 years a bad thing? The one pictured in this article, a skystream, yes at that expense $15,000 installed 5% would be a disappointment. But that system lumped in with a junkyard turbine between two houses behind a fireplace.. What kind of study is that.. not.

I get 30% on my WindEnergy7 system easly, but it’s wind/solar hybrid 3 turbine kit and is installed correctly, sited well, grid tied. It’s awesome.

A large hardware chain recently offered a turbine that you bolt onto your house, and the British Tory Party Leader did just that (see link to photo at end of this post). Thousands have followed his lead becasue it is a cheap and simple solution, except it isn’t of course – such turbines probably never recover their embodied energy. Shame on those who prey on people who want to reduce their carbon emissions.

The other problem in the market is a range of cheap and troublesome, or downright dangerous turbines from China flooding the market. I’ve tried five different ones on our site and I give up on that line.

Yet the alternative is a turbine that costs more than the average family car. Why? Becasue turbine designers seem to see this as a niche market and assuming they’ll only sell in low volume charge a high margin. That becomes a self fulfilling prophesy….

So our plan is to commoditise the market with a rugged turbine offered at prices that reflect standard hardware margins. Thankfully I enjoy my work so this is as much a hobby as an entrepreneurial endeavour, so the worst that can happen is a very expensive stamp collection.

Oh yeah, that picture of house-mounted follies…

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/greener-power-to-the-people-the-real-energy-alternative-837821.html

Quentin (Turbotricity).

A large hardware chain recently offered a turbine that you bolt onto your house, and the British Tory Party Leader did just that (see link to photo at end of this post). Thousands have followed his lead becasue it is a cheap and simple solution, except it isn’t of course – such turbines probably never recover their embodied energy. Shame on those who prey on people who want to reduce their carbon emissions.

The other problem in the market is a range of cheap and troublesome, or downright dangerous turbines from China flooding the market. I’ve tried five different ones on our site and I give up on that line.

Yet the alternative is a turbine that costs more than the average family car. Why? Becasue turbine designers seem to see this as a niche market and assuming they’ll only sell in low volume charge a high margin. That becomes a self fulfilling prophesy….

So our plan is to commoditise the market with a rugged turbine offered at prices that reflect standard hardware margins. Thankfully I enjoy my work so this is as much a hobby as an entrepreneurial endeavour, so the worst that can happen is a very expensive stamp collection.

Oh yeah, that picture of house-mounted follies…

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/greener-power-to-the-people-the-real-energy-alternative-837821.html

Quentin (Turbotricity).

“Many of the turbines in the study generated on average only 214 watt hours per day— less than five percent of a household’s electricity.”

The paragraph: “Unfortunately for many homeowners…” comes behind: “Many of the turbines in the study generated…”, so people reading it may not quite understand they they are related.

If you were to directly state the link between the two like: “The primary reason for this is that many home owners…”, then there would be less confusion.

I do agree with the article. I’ve seen far too many poorly placed small turbines.

“Many of the turbines in the study generated on average only 214 watt hours per day— less than five percent of a household’s electricity.”

The paragraph: “Unfortunately for many homeowners…” comes behind: “Many of the turbines in the study generated…”, so people reading it may not quite understand they they are related.

If you were to directly state the link between the two like: “The primary reason for this is that many home owners…”, then there would be less confusion.

I do agree with the article. I’ve seen far too many poorly placed small turbines.

Correct siting and height is the key!

I also see a mistake on the placement of the solar panels. The house is shading one and a half of the panels. Put the panels on the highest roof.

Just a bad plan all around!

Correct siting and height is the key!

I also see a mistake on the placement of the solar panels. The house is shading one and a half of the panels. Put the panels on the highest roof.

Just a bad plan all around!