Windmills within the Wind Path
Locating your windmills within the wind path is critical and you need to ensure that it has a consistent wind speed of at least 9 miles per hour in order that the wind power collected is better optimized for energy conversion. Unless you are ultra-conservative, or invest in a huge system, the average household uses far too much electricity to rely on wind power as an alternative. That being said, however, using small turbines and solar panels leads to a much needed conservation mind-set, which means you will constantly be monitoring and questioning your energy consumption in order to make the greatest gains and eliminate waste. Absolutely, we just said that the wind energy produced could actually give you a payment from the energy company. But according to the American Wind Energy Association, you typically save anywhere from 50% and 90% of your electricity bill. It does depend on how much energy you use and it also depends on how much wind is in your area. How big should it be? The average home uses around 9,400 kilowatt hours of energy per year, according to AWEA. It depends on wind speed and a wind turbine rated anywhere from five and 15 kilowatt would be needed to supply an average home of $9,400 kilowatt hours. Is it really worth it to build wind turbines? What are the pros and cons? Well discuss these questions in this article. In short: resounding yes. Many are against wind turbines and wind farm building and I have to admit they have a few good reasons other than the childish “I don like the look of wind mills in the countryside”. Well, I don like that the Arctic is getting smaller and smaller every day, and the fact that maybe my children won be able to experience the world as it is today.
