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how much wind power can be generated in 15km/hr wind speed ?

I am planning to go for a wind turbine of 500 watts to install for domestic use. With average wind speed of 15km/hr in my location, can anybody suggest me how much energy can be generated by this wind turbine and also which are the appliences to which this energy would sffice?

Wind-Powered Area Light LED in low wind

A small wind turbine drives an area light. The LEDs in the light have a 34 year life expectancy. Silent, vibration-free, and totally self-contained with batteries, charge controller, and generator. You can have light ANYWHERE with these. These will ship with the whole turbine UL-approved. Based on measured current and using Peukert’s Formula, we estimate […]

Controversial wind farm gets go-ahead on appeal

Controversial wind farm gets go-ahead on appeal A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a wind farm near Bicester got the go-ahead yesterday, shocking villagers who campaigned against the project. Read more on This is Oxfordshire

Solar Impulse plane packed with technology

Solar Impulse plane packed with technology Bad seat and yoga help solar pilot through 26 hour challenge Payerne, Switzerland (AFP) July 8, 2010 – Andre Borschberg, the pilot of an experimental aircraft which made history with the first round the clock solar-powered flight counted on a high-tech jacket, yoga and an uncomfortable seat to stop […]

Hydro-Quebec gets 44 submissions for wind farm projects to produce 500 MW

Hydro-Quebec gets 44 submissions for wind farm projects to produce 500 MW MONTREAL – Hydro-Quebec announced Wednesday that it has received 44 submissions for wind farm projects that would provide a total of 500 megawatts of green energy. Read more on The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News

Wind Powered LED

A video tutorial that explains how to make a wind powered LED out of an old VCR and a pinwheel

Pokewalker Wind Powered Piston

Made this for fun, I was pretty bored today. Depending on how much wind there is (I won’t actually use the fan), it is getting around 7500 steps per hour now, I’ll upload a video with the improved design soon. Inspired by i.imgur.com

How could i start my energy/wind turbine company?

I am a 23 year old economics student. It is my ambition to develop a company that generates energy through offshore wind farm using wind turbines. It has not been attempted in my city (nor in my country) yet but the wind blows EVERYDAY! So much so that the town i live in is called […]

How should i start my energy/wind turbine company?

I am a 23 year old student. It is my ambition to develop a company that generates energy through offshore wind farm using wind turbines. It has not been attempted in my city (nor in my country) yet but the wind blows EVERYDAY! So much so that the town i live in is called the […]

Company hopes to harness Walker Ridge

Company hopes to harness Walker Ridge Walker Ridge in western Colusa County may be the home of a future wind farm. Calgary-based AltaGas hopes to embrace wind turbine technology in the Mendocino National Forest, and has proposed a wind park on land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land… Read more on Colusa County Sun-Herald

Conservation Law Foundation asks PUC to halt Deepwater-NatGrid power hearing

Conservation Law Foundation asks PUC to halt Deepwater-NatGrid power hearing WARWICK – An environmental group wants the R.I. Public Utilities Commission to stop a hearing key to the advancement of an offshore wind farm. In papers filed with the PUC Tuesday, the Conservation Law Foundation Rhode Island chapter called the process unconstitutional. Read more on […]