Domestic Wind Turbine
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Kamyk8450
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Hello,
I wonder if anyone has positive experience with using small wind turbine for domestic purposes. My home has got flat roof above the garage located in the way that I can feel the wind is blowing there almost constantly. I also got batteries installed to collect energy from my solar panels. Wind turbine which will generate even small amount energy would be great addition to it, I done some research on the web and I can see most of times the Tesup company is showing up in search results, however their reviews ae just horrendous. So I though I will ask here for some advice?
Thank you
I wonder if anyone has positive experience with using small wind turbine for domestic purposes. My home has got flat roof above the garage located in the way that I can feel the wind is blowing there almost constantly. I also got batteries installed to collect energy from my solar panels. Wind turbine which will generate even small amount energy would be great addition to it, I done some research on the web and I can see most of times the Tesup company is showing up in search results, however their reviews ae just horrendous. So I though I will ask here for some advice?
Thank you
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As it happens, we've just had a short thread looking at small-scale wind turbines over on the "Green and Ethical" subforum:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6496010/is-a-wind-turbine-suitable-for-my-needsHopefully that thread will answer some of your questions.(Yes, we all agreed that Tesup's reviews are well-deserved.)N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Go elec & Tracker gas / Shell BB / Lyca mobi. Ripple Kirk Hill member.
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 30MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.Taking a break, hope to be back eventually.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs.1 -
General consensus seems to be small wind turbines are a waste of time. You see them on yachts charging up batteries but they don't output a vast amount of power.
Something mounted on a roof will very low power.
They can work if you have a decent amount of land in an exposed area and can put up a big Eg 7kW+ turbine. Can be cost effective though solar is generally considered a far more effective solution now.2 -
Thanks for both replies. That completely cleared my doubts, now will possibly consider more solar panels.1
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