Comments on: Cascade Launches Oh-So-Quiet Rooftop Wind Turbine

By: akismet-ae61a05474e38fb33699a7378478fc6e

akismet-ae61a05474e38fb33699a7378478fc6e — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 01:05:31 +0000

The Swift does not need batteries but it will not usually produce 2000 kWh per year unless you live in a lighthouse or place like that. Rooftop wind is not an effective technology, and it will give windpower in general a bad name. Rootops are not good windpower sites. Small wind turbines can work well on tall towers on good sites, although they are never a source of cheap electricity. City dwellers with good intentions should look elsewhere to save the environment. Put some insulation in your walls and roof and turn off the lights and stuff when you leave the room.

By: Vince Fodera

Vince Fodera — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:47:36 +0000

My designs for ‘ROOFTOP electricity GENERATING WIND TURBINE’ have been presented on the internet for a couple of years. Please visit http://www.queenwindturbine.com to see a unique configuration. Queen Wind Turbines can also be structured along roadsides to convert the kinetic energy of vehicle drafts into electricity. I am merely an innovator and designer; it would be nice to have prototypes made of my products. Anyone interested?

By: William A. Marley

William A. Marley — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:19:15 +0000

Oh yes ! When you sell the excess electricity to the utility company, they pay you 3/10th of a cent per KwH while they are charging you from $10.00 per KwH to $40.00 per KwH.
Jimmy Carter was a genius when he instituted tax breaks for solar and wind back in the early 80′s. The idiot that screwed up California when he was Governor, recinded those tax breaks when he was President.
If you are looking for state rebates, don’t expend too much energy, you won’t find any unless you live in California. Everyone gets the measley stipend of $4000.00 federal rebate.
Until we get rid of the blood-sucking utility companies and the (pockets full of utility co. money) people who regulate them we are not going to get anything that will improve our lives electrically that is affordable.
This greening of America is a conspiracy between Obama (Democtrats) and the utilities (Republicans) to screw you out of your hard earned money !
Build your own wind turbine with an old worn out box fan really cheap, just use the internet, it’ll show you how !
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By: William A. Marley

William A. Marley — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:55:16 +0000

If you buy The Swift (above) you’ll have to buy not one but two inverters if you want to run 240v. Each inverter costs around $2K each. Now if you want to use a computer or watch TV without horizontal lines across the picture, you’ll have to get pure sine wave inverters !
These devices cost as much as $10,000.00 each. You can, however, get cheaper ones that don’t work very well. Now you’re going to need a automatic transfer switch for around $2500.00. Ok, you are ready to pay the Electric Utility Company! AEP/PSO of Ohio, which controls areas in many states, not only Ohio. I can say unequivically they are the biggest rip-off electric company on the face of the earth. They’re going to charge you around $5000.00 just to hook-up this equipment.
This is the greening of America as Barrack Obama says ! Unless the prices come down, only Al Gore will be able to afford greening!
I haven’t included all the costs, there’s installation at $60.00 per hour. Usually takes me five or six eight hour days. Of course I have a bucket truck that goes up 80 feet. Total, complete installation of this wind turbine would cost around $25,000.00.
I can install a SKYSTREAM 3.7 (which has a built in pure sine wave inverter that puts out 240v.) for around $10,000.00 complete !

By: William A. Marley

William A. Marley — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:28:29 +0000

Why would I or anybody else buy this albatros for 10~12 thousand dollars when I can buy a SKYSTREAM 3.7 for $5600.00 that produces 450KwH per month ! That's 5.4KwH per year instead of 2KwH per years for the atrocity above !

By: martha

martha — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:47:57 +0000

this would be good to have in the event the power gird goes down or local power goes down. I have been in emergency situations where we went without power for a week or more. Not fun. In addition, if you have a medical situation where power is required for survival this is a viable option. Survivalists would probably advocate a system like this as well. I live in Nebraska and it is windy here. This would work well.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:56:53 +0000

Can you really put a price on the environment? Can you put a price on future humanity? Come on now, lets spent a little more money and save earth.

By: home made wind generators

home made wind generators — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:32:03 +0000

Smart article.. Will come back again=)

By: Will Wiese

Will Wiese — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:23:39 +0000

Sorry, I meant to say "Your needs ARE met first" and any additional power is fed into the local grid...

By: Will Wiese

Will Wiese — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:21:26 +0000

This is NOT a stand alone windmill. Although it could be set up that way. You don’t need to store the electricity in batteries.
What it is is a ‘Grid tied’ system. The electricity generated is fed into an inverter which feeds the local electricity grid. Your needs a met first, and any additional power is fed into the local grid for distribution to everyone else. You use less of the grids power.(So you don’t pay for that electricity.) The electricity you don’t use from the grid is therefore available to other folks.
You still get power from your wind generated electricity. Any electricity you send to the local electricity grid earns you money! It will pay off in time without batterys!