I am considering equipping a home in West Texas (11 acres of land, plenty of room) with wind powered generators in order to provide electricity to the property. Where does one begin? Can windmills generate enough power to run the home, how is the A/C tied into the home and the feed fro the power company? Any thoughts? Thanks.
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There are several articles about this in back issues of Log Homes Magazine. Many log home owners like “going green”. There are a lot of considerations and it can be expensive up front but if you have the constant wind and a big enough system you might eventually make money from the power company.
Check out awea’s website http://www.awea.org/faq/rsdntqa.html.
This shoudl start you in the right place. I know the initial investment for a 10 kw turbine is around $ 15,000. When you generate more power than you need, the electric company will use it and pay you for it (not nearly as much, though, as you would pay for their electricity). Plan on purchasing batteries to store excess energy as well for times when it’s less windy or plan on still having an electric bill to some extent.
Oftentimes, people employ wind AND solar power systems to back each other up. Usually at least one is going to be generating electricity.
The simplest form of using the wind energy in the house.
A small cycle wheel rim I fixed in a shaft that run through up to the ceiling of our top floor. On the circumference of the rim I fixed six numbers liquid filling funnel ( usually used in petrol bunk ) with its hole blocked.This will rotate well for any direction of wind. The bottom of the shaft inside the room I connected ceiling fan blade. Our room fan is now ready to rotate on wind energy at free of cost. I have some solar panel also that is energizing the battery and the power supply from the battery is used by me for my night lamp.