Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore (AP), India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com

As you know, people won’t necessarily do the most logical/profitable thing.
But they will do something that’s easy if it looks like it will bring a
profit. I imagine there is some profit, environmentally and for people’s
personal finances, in these (that’s what their calculator shows). As far as
verification, I don’t know much about the validity of the verification
processes they went through… i think there is no solid verification
process for small wind (which is a problem for consumers who might buy a
crappy product and sellers who might have a good product but not have enough
people who trust its claims).

with the federal & state incentives, i think most people would benefit from
these guys (if stats above are close to correct), but yeah, i would love to
see a demo/proof

Now, if these folks have figured out how to get significant power out of lower speed winds (what seems to allude small turbines) I’d love to hear it. Or, I’d love to see proof.

I really could use a small turbine to cut/eliminate my gas generator use in cloudy weather but I’ve found nothing small that produces in light winds. A frequent condition for where I live is overcast with light winds.

I get the big, windy storms but they are less frequent and pass through in a day or so.

The alternative that does seem to work requires an 80′ tower and about a $5k investment.

I don’t know,.. they seem to have gotten some kind of certification (but I’m not familiar with it) — their projected power output is half what it was in a blog post of theirs in Jan 2010 — maybe this is from that.

The device still seems like it would be useful for many, but not necessarily as good as a solar panel. Something to complement solar panels, I think (or for windy locations).

& the solar panel on this seems like a minor supplement to the wind turbine — probably mostly for show, doesn’t produce much.

Small turbines often appear and almost always do not produce enough usable power to make them worth the money. Is there any independent testing on these puppies? Anyone vouch for “vibration free”?

Sticking that solar panel in a vertical position makes me even more skeptical. Solar panels need to face the sun for decent output. It’s hard to imagine a more inappropriate way to mount a panel. Well, in your basement or back of your closet…

Finally, mounting the rooftop panels where they are makes me even more skeptical of this operation. Part of the day the wind turbine is going to cast a shadow on the panel, greatly dropping its output.

Did I mention that I’m skeptical?

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