New Wind Generator Coming Soon [RE-wrenches]

[Ian Woofenden, Home Power]

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Hi Folks,

My turn to be the resident skeptic.

1) Amazing new wind generators that will be ready in a few months are 
dime a dozen. Wait until it's been on the market for a year, and 
still remain skeptical.

2) I don't think rooftop mounting will ever be a good idea. Standard 
rule of thumb is to site wind generators a _minimum_ of 30 feet above 
anything within 500 feet to get out of turbulent zone and into best 
winds.

3) The small wind industry seems to draw people who make outrageous 
claims. This particular machine has been discussed recently on AWEA's 
small wind list. Here are a few excerpts from Mike Klemen, a wind 
nerd from North Dakota (I can forward his full message off list if 
you want it):
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Obviously, these claims are totally impossible.  Even pushing
the 15 mph data through a Rayleigh distribution when accounting
for losses, this claim is unbelievable.

>self-governing and self-regulating; completely quiet; will
>last indefinitely;

Well, that does it.  Completely quiet?  Last indefinitely?
Those are the things the customer wants to hear...but
how true are they?   $7000 installed?  You can probably
produce this claimed energy with PV for that price and not
have to worry about maintenance!
----

Caveat windptor,

Ian



At 7:51 AM -0800 12/6/2001, Baran Galocy wrote:
>Hi Wrenches,
>
>>From the country that brought you "Sunny Boy",  here comes the "Wind Tree."
>Check it out at: http://www.ecoquestintl.com/products/windtree.htm.
>
>The representative is Brian Jacobson, and his e-mail is:
>bjacobsen11 at hotmail.com
>
>The claim is that his company "is 8-9 months away from having a
>revolutionary wind
>generator on the market. This product is going to change the whole wind
>power industry. We have a working model right now in Germany that produces 5
>Kilowatts of power on 8-9mph winds. It's built so everyone can place the
>generator on the rooftop of their home. Their is no noticeable vibration and
>the wind is louder than the machine."     Wrenches; note quotation marks,
>please :)!
>
>Brian has my attention, and he welcomes yours!
>
>Namaste - Baran Galocy DBA HelioElectric
>
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