Comments on: Current and future home wind power products compared

By: vaidas kutkaitis

vaidas kutkaitis — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:38:46 +0000

Maybe somebody an offer wind turbines power 250 kW and with permanent magnet genrator. Our company it is looking for like these kind wind turbines and we wuold like to do business. If you have like this offer, please feel free to contact me. My email it is vaidas.k@lavisa.lt
I will be very waiting for your offers.

Best regards,
Vaidas Kutkaitis

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:03:38 +0000

Ditto Colin! Uninformed articles such as these only give ammunition to the dinosaur burners. Read “Wind Energy Systems” by Gary Johnston if you want a realistic understanding of how much power can be produced for a given size of turbine, or check out the Otherpower.com website for some great info on DIY machines that actually work, and can no doubt be built for a fraction of the price of these “Novelties”(SCAMS).

By: sam kelly

sam kelly — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:05:32 +0000

I am seeking someone with a solid engineering background to evaluate a truly novel concept. Everything that I have seen seems to be some variation of the standard windmill or for VAWTs, some wrinkle of savonius or darrieus styles, all of which have been around for years.

By: Colin

Colin — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:18:30 +0000

“They will fit about anywhere and will produce about 131kw/year.”
Where is the hour figure? How many kWh/year is important. The kWh/year figure is also dependent on average wind speed.

“It generates about 1-2 KWh of power depending on the system.”
1 to 2 kWh is not very much power. 1kWh costs 7 cents in Canada. I think you mean to put down how many kW the unit is capable of producing at peak output.

“The Quiet Revolution generates about 6 KWh.”
Again, I think you mean kW not kWh.

Your figures need to be fixed! Next time get someone with technical knowledge to review your work before publishing, you will sound more intelligent.