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Roger Brown
When you're trying to assess how much residential wind energy you have available, you need to do it with the thought in mind that you're trying to understand all of the options available on your property for placing a wind turbine. There are usually several locations it will work and your job is to analyze the local microclimate and figure out which particular location will suit you the best and make you the most energy. There are several locations that you will undoubtedly think about right off the bat. The first location that most people gravitate to is their roof. The roof is an excellent place to make wind energy but it takes a specific type of wind turbine to do that. That type is the vertical wind turbine. The vertical wind turbine is excellent at making energy in a turbulent environment. The other location and many people consider initially is placing their device on top of a tower high up in the air. This can be a tremendous source for you. The amount of energy in the residential wind at least 30 feet above the level of your trees is significant. That is where the wind is strongest and most consistent anyway. So, the biggest question is how much wind you really need to make a project? Do you need a 27 knot wind blowing all the time like you would get on the coast or, can you get away with a lot less than that? That is really a rhetorical question though. Really all you need is 9 miles per hour of wind on average to make a project like a home wind turbine. That is not too hard to achieve but you have to find the right place on your property that will allow this. You can't make any assumptions either. You got to check out the specific microclimate where you want to install the home wind turbine. This is easily done with a little data collection. You have got to assess the wind in these locations or else your effort could be a total waste of time. Fossil fuel depletion, planet-wide, is what we find driving our lives these days. These natural resources were made literally millions of years ago and are not creating any new anytime soon so we've got to take advantage of the wind and other renewable sources at our homes. In conclusion, how much wind is enough is largely regulated by how much residential wind you really need for your specific turbine and specific location.
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