The new Invelox wind power generation technology from Sheerwind, a wind energy company from Minnesota, looks pretty amazing. The company says that during tests, the turbine could generate six times more energy than the amount produced by traditional turbines mounted on towers. Invelox takes a novel approach to wind power generation as it doesn’t rely on high wind speeds. … [Read more...]
Bornay Wind Turbines
Bornay has over forty years experience, having started with wind generators in 1970. They will proudly tell you they have installed their wind turbine technology in more than 50 countries as well as Antarctica. Bornay is based in Castalla, Spain, and they make high quality wind turbines that get good ratings and reviews. Bornay currently produces five small-scale models: the … [Read more...]
Small wind power: your checklist before buying
You no longer have to live in a remote location for wind energy to work for you. Thanks to major improvements in technology and a general awareness of the benefits of making your own energy from clean and free wind, small wind power is going mainstream. According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the US small wind market grew by 78% last year with many new … [Read more...]
Small, vertical axis wind turbines
This new vertical axis wind turbine might change the way you look at wind energy. For many years there has been a trend across the wind industry to make wind turbines bigger and bigger – mostly to improve efficiency and lower costs. John Dabiri, a professor of aeronautical and bioengineering at Caltech, has a different idea. He believes the way to lower the wind energy costs … [Read more...]
Silentwind Small Wind Turbines
Silentwind is a Portuguese company with German management that was established in 1993. They have 30 years experience in the field, and their first work focused on creating low noise rotor blades. If you've heard of people happily replacing their OEM or other noisy blades, they probably bought Air-X blades from Silentwind. Because of Silentwind's success with their quiet wind … [Read more...]
Skystream Towers from Southwest Windpower
Skystream 3.7 Tower Options The towers are engineered specifically for use with the Skystream system to ensure the safest, longest-lasting, most-efficient life of your turbine. All Skystream 3.7 systems are sold with one of the approved towers. Southwest Windpower does not recommend third-party manufactured towers or mounting systems for your Skystream wind generator. Use of … [Read more...]
Helix Wind S322 Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
Compact, elegant, sophisticated, versatile... an icon for a movement , the Helix S322 provides smooth power and torque delivery across a broad range of wind speeds and under the most difficult of physical environments. No furling or shutting down, simple to install, modular and scalable, the S322 is ideally designed for urban environments, low draw and liquids pumping. From the … [Read more...]
Home Depot Sunforce 600 Watt Wind Turbine
Generate power day and night with the Sunforce 600 Watt Wind Turbine now available from Home Depot. This versatile wind turbine charges both 12 Volt and 24 Volt battery banks to help run your appliances and electronics. Ideal for cabins, 12 Volt battery charging, remote power, back-up power and more, this unit is made with aerodynamic fiber glass blades to ensure low wind … [Read more...]
Southwest Windpower Whisper 500 Wind Generator
The newly redesigned, 3000-watt Whisper 500 Wind Generator from Southwest Windpower can provide over 500 kWh per month given a 12 mph wind. The Whisper 500's blade is constructed of fiberglass and foam core to provide easy and efficient operation as well as low wind start-up. The blade operates quietly in high winds thanks to its patented “angle governor” design. Southwest … [Read more...]
Jacobs Wind Generators
The Original Jacobs Wind Generator is still one of the very best made. Jacobs Wind Electric Company, since the mid 1920s, has been designing consumer wind systems sized to the changing distributed electric loads of their periods. The firm was started by Marcellus and Joseph Jacobs after local interest in their wind electric system for their family’s Montana Ranch brought them … [Read more...]