Comments on: Reshuffling Our Top 5 Micro Wind Turbines

By: BreeZee

BreeZee — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:44:00 +0000

The company I work for, Wimberley Wind and Solar out of Austin, services Texas and the Nation, they install the Zefr fans from time to time. The Zefr are super fast to hook up and easy to install. They do lack some on performance thought because the rated wind speed is near 34mph vs. 25-27 mph rating and nameplate for most other manufactures HAWT fans…. JLM is coming out with a 4kw VAWT soon that does look real cool too imo. Their technology is streamlined and installer friendly..

By: Guest

Guest — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 08:18:00 +0000

Great article! JLM Energy Inc. takes a different approach to providing clean renewable energy to the commercial, Industrial and residential market sectors.
They take the full portfolio approach, providing more than just a wind product that stands ahead of the pack. They also provide a Energy Storage System that houses a Inverter, Transfer Switch, Charge Controller, Etc. in one clean, easy to use system. Also, they are coming out with a larger 28ft. Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. They have a monitoring software that brings all of their technology together and can allow easy access monitoring to the entire system, from a computer, phone or ipad, etc. Very Interesting stuff.

I hear horror stories daily on the Southwest & Honeywell/Windtronics products. They have a lot of very unhappy people out there, and are going through a number of different lawsuits. Its really a shame. Taking money and running is never a good thing.

By: Charlie Behnke

Charlie Behnke — Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:48:00 +0000

Get article. Very helpful and spot on. The Zefr is one of the only wind turbines that can connect to the same string as PV. This turbine can utilize the micro-inverter, and uses MC4 connectors. Plug and play. Very interesting technology. JLM offers a portfolio of different products including Energy Storage Systems, Solar Thermal, (WIND TECHNOLOGY), Hybrid, LED, Car Charging Stations, and brings it all together with it’s monitoring software. Southwest, Honeywell, Etc. DO NOT take this approach. I am excited to see their 28 FT. Vertical Axis 4KW Wind Turbine.

By: Kimball Webster

Kimball Webster — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:21:00 +0000

Air 30, Air 40, and Air Breeze Wind Turbines are now being built, and serviced by Primus Windpower, Lakewood Co. primuswindpower.com

By: Chris Aloise

Chris Aloise — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:53:00 +0000

The previous Air products (Air 30, Air 40, Air Breeze) are available from our wholesale firm in Germany. Feel free to make contact with us.

By: Bernie Lomax

Bernie Lomax — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:51:00 +0000

Southwest Windpower did not yield any success from the PTC as it does not apply to small wind. Not sure where you could have cited that from.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000

Thanks! Useful resource.

By: arne-nl

arne-nl — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:52:00 +0000

In the windy province of Zeeland, The Netherlands, there is a long term test for micro wind turbines. Their performance varies wildly, with the ‘classic’ three-blade HAWT performing the best.

Here is the web page (might need to use Google Translate- it is in Dutch):
http://provincie.zeeland.nl/milieu_natuur/windenergie/kleine_windturbines/

This is a report on the yields of the turbines in the test: http://www.zeeland.nl/digitaalarchief/zee0801257

The Skystream is a persistent top performer, offering best ROI of the turbines in that test.