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Domestic Wind Turbines

Domestic wind turbines are meant for use by individual power consumers, rather than by a large scale utility or other company. They are smaller than the huge towers you can see out on the open range, or offshore. Those huge towers can produce anywhere from 2-6 megawatts of power, which is a huge amount.

However, for the needs of a home or business, a few kilowatts worth of domestic wind turbines will suffice. For example, the average electric consumption of a house in the US is 8,900 kilowatt/hours. This averages to just over 24 kilowatt/hours a day. So, if you had a generator capable of producing 10 kilowatts an hour in wind power, you would be able to meet your power needs… as long as the wind was blowing. And there lies the biggest issue with wind power, the fickleness of the wind.

                Domestic wind turbines are especially effective when used in conjunction with another form of clean energy, such as solar power. Combining those two sources makes for an incredibly effective combination of power generation methods. Think about it for a minute, when was the last time it was overcast with no wind blowing? It rarely ever happens, so either your solar panels or your turbine will always be active.                

 

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