Home turbines can’t light a candle?
“A study of domestic turbines was published by renewable energy consultants Encraft in December. According to the study, only one of the 15 household wind turbines generated enough to power a 75W light bulb. The average daily output was 393.3W: an average of 17W per hour. In all, only three of the turbines generated over 400W of electricity, with one generating 1,790W per day.”
Andrew Orlowski also says “Domestic “microwind” turbines, recently championed as “power from the people” by opposition leader David Cameron, are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.”
Do you agree with this?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/register/20080107/ttc-home-turbines-can-t-light-a-candle-d1d76f9_1.html
I agree
Siteing of turbines is key, and putting on urban buildings which produce loads of turbulence is a poor choice.
Better to buy from large turbines properly located and already available to everyone on the national grid.
better to insulate homes & reduce water usage as set out in Sustainable homes standard (level 3 is required for “affordable” homes receiving government grant >25% better than open market housing) http://www.sustainablehomes.co.uk/about2.htm
But of course your neighbours won’t know how green you are without a recognisable “flag” wind turbine. For really good advice & training for home generation options see Centre for Alterrnative Technology – well worth a visit http://www.cat.org.uk
PS my local nuclear powerstation is a huge blot, a white dome bigger than St Pauls, sited on a flat coast of outstanding natural beuty, can be seen from over 12 miles away. (but not from Westminster)
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