Building Wind Power Generators For Your Home
In the future, all of our energy will come from renewable sources. With traditional gas and energy costs skyrocketing, it is apparent that we need to find new ways to make energy production which are sustainable. We need to change our thought process about how we use the Earth and begin to convert our old energy grid into something sustainable.
And many have already begun doing so. New engineering ideas are allowing us to produce sustainable energy at less and less cost.
Using the right set of plans even homeowners who don’t know anything about construction or electricity can build their own alternative energy sources right in their backyards, such as wind power generators.
Homebuilt wind turbines can make as much power to reduce the average household’s power bill by 60-70%. The right advice can show you how many people make their wind power generators for as little as $200 US.
A basic tool set (hammer, saw, screwdriver…) and parts from any general hardware store is all that is needed. You can estimate the amount of power a generator can create using the following formula:
Power(Watts) = (Wind Speed)^3 * (Blade Diameter)^2 * 0.00478
The speed of the wind makes the most difference because its value is cubed, then the blade diameter because its value is squared. Example calculation using a decent wind speed of 10mph and an 8 ft blade diameter:
W = (10*10*10) * (8*8) * 0.00478 = 305 watts/hour – x 24 hours and you can calculate 7.3 kWh generated per day by a wind power generator.
If you have an average home, you probably use about 12-20 kWh of power every day. Even if you don’t have great wind speed in your area, an initial investment of about $200 to build a wind turbine is small compared to the savings you will get in free electricity for your house. Wind power generators are very good investments, indeed.
