Residential Wind Energy
| July 19, 2011 | Posted by admin under Earth For Energy |
Residential Wind Power:
Author: pratibha
Wind power energy is a great source of energy for our planet. It's so much environment friendly that it's a treat for the economic conscious world. Wind power is bountiful, renewable and clean source of power that can be used in a large range of applications from wind farms through to home wind power.
Residential wind power works in the way of placing a wind generator on top of a high tower so that the wind turbine can collect the kinetic energy and convert this kinetic energy into clean and green electricity. This electricity is then supplied throughout your home like normal electricity that you are use to having in your home. Because a residential wind turbine can be even more effective generating more electricity then is required for an average home, utility companies offer a buy back system where they will purchase any unused electricity that has been generated by the residential wind power. The turbines used for residential wind power is small but efficient, that's makes it more effective and productive.
Wind energy is governed by nature so as wind speeds increase, turbine output increases and the amount of power purchased from the utility is proportionately decreased. When the turbine produces more power than the house needs, the extra electricity is sold to the utility. All of this is done automatically as there are no batteries in a modern residential wind system. And it doesn't need batteries as well the pressure of wind is enough to make it regulate.
It's always good and well to have an environmental conscious life style. Plus this idea of having the facility to produce your own electricity through renewable resources is a wonderful feeling itself. Because doing so you are not only helping out the environment, but also helping out your bank balance by reducing your need to buy electricity from the utility company. Residential wind power can be termed as an all won lottery. It can bring out tremendous positive influence over the world regarding energy consumption awareness.
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residential wind energy?
where can i find a reliable source for wind turbine windmills that look like the traditional ones. modern ones are just to ugly
I have a rural site in upstate New York that has no restrictions up to 35 feet. 50 miles of unobstructed wind energy
35 feet is about the bare minumum height to install a wind turbine, and that is assuming the turbine’s height is taller than other structures within 250-300 ft.
If you really must have the old fashioned well-pump look, consider a newer turbine like the Skystream or a Bergey, but disguise it with a custom set of blades and perhaps a cover that pleases you. If you do not use the modern blades, you can expect a lot less efficiency from any turbine. Mike
What is the best energy source for residential use Solar or Wind Power?
A combination of both is best. especially if you are off grid, however both are nice if you are connected to the grid with an inverter, because pay back is quicker.
Theideas has some very good points, I took for granted you have already figured out how much solar input you have, and basically you need more than 10mph average wind speed for turbines.
OK so we have 3.5 Megawatt hours.
which is 3,500,000 watt*hours
1 watt-hour is 1 joule per second, times 3600 seconds, equals 3600 joules used.
Therefore 3.5 MW hours is 12,600,000,000 joules used
97.65 % of that is 12,303,900,000 joules used per capita of energy generated from non-wind sources
You could express your answer as 12,303,900 kilojoules,
or about 12,304 Megajoules
what are the uses of wind energy?
(example)
commercial use
pharmaceutical use
residential use
please i need sites or links on all about wind energy and turbine for my written report
Your question would need to be more specific, but since you have a general question I guess you could use a general anwswer. Energy in wind is kinetic energy which is directlly related to its mass and velocity. This kinetic energy can be converted to mechanical energy for many purposes. Wind energy has been used for centuries for milling and pumping purposes. Basically a turbine (vertical or horizontal axis) is driven by blowing wind and the rotary motion would drive a mechanical mill or pump. The main use today is different though. The same types of turbines drive electric generators instead. This electric generator will transform the mechanical energy in the rotating motion of the turbine in to electrical energy. The electrical energy can either be used right at the site in small scale applications or fed in to a grid where any user within the circuit has access to it. This circuit is sometime even the same circuit as other more traditional means of electric generation like coal, hydroelectric, gas, etc. Therefore it would be interesting to check with your electric utility provider what is their generation mix. Very lickelly you will find that a wind farm is feeding part of your day to day electricity use. Then the answer to your question would be: Wind energy can be used from anything to driving a car factory to residential use to drive your tv and microwave.
I would visit http://www.awea.org for more information…
Why are wind turbines not invested more as an alternative energy source for residential homes?
Some because you need the right conditions. Some because it’s usually more expensive than just buying power from the electric company.
Wind power is increasing all around the world, but the best way now seems to be large wind farms in the right places owned by the electric power companies and connected to the power grid.