Dammit. Didn't mean to hit submit yet. Check out PacWind's SeaHawk. It's a 0.5kW turbine that'll go in as little as 7mph wind. At $3k, it's more expensive than photovoltaics, but it still seems like a cool device. When I win the lotto, I plan to pick up a couple for the garage.
Right, that's the supplier for Jay Leno's green garage. The cost is very steep though.
If this developer (team) could do a different mount for a slightly higher price - it would still be < $1000 and omni-directional. Or maybe create a vertical model that is ultra low-profile (about the same dimensions H & W, but containing a disc?
Anyway, the more people get on board, developing different models, the better :) More production, higher efficiency, lower cost.
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And another in Torrance (with the vertical turbine orientation): http://www.pacwind.net/
Dammit. Didn't mean to hit submit yet. Check out PacWind's SeaHawk. It's a 0.5kW turbine that'll go in as little as 7mph wind. At $3k, it's more expensive than photovoltaics, but it still seems like a cool device. When I win the lotto, I plan to pick up a couple for the garage.
Right, that's the supplier for Jay Leno's green garage. The cost is very steep though.
If this developer (team) could do a different mount for a slightly higher price - it would still be < $1000 and omni-directional.
Or maybe create a vertical model that is ultra low-profile (about the same dimensions H & W, but containing a disc?
Anyway, the more people get on board, developing different models, the better :) More production, higher efficiency, lower cost.