Hi,
For a while now, I have studied small wind generation and followed list discussions about it. A number of times it have been announcements of cheap small wind turbines, that claimed to be suitable for general use almost anywhere. Every time it show up, it caused a large interest, but it turned out to be either physically impossible claims of performance or suspected scams. Some of them even with an ignorant support from politicians. It have easily been exposed by more knowledgeable people, but the reaction of interest it created, has stayed in my thoughts. With time, I have been surprised how limited todays small wind generation is. The implementations are in smaller scale and different in nature, than what I thought when I started to study the current market. Due to type, size and siting, the installations are rural or sub-rural and mainly off grid. The profiles of small wind and small hydro electric markets are today very similar. The dynamic and rapid development of the large wind turbine market, is not mirrored in the small wind turbine market and they are in reality sometimes competing for the suitable sites for one off turbines. If a farmer have a suitable site, one or a couple of large wind turbines is often a very profitable business project. I have often seen calls for a popularization of small wind, but this seems to be more a question of development of small turbines for urban and sub-urban siting. To bring clarity in this question, a debate and discussion is needed. I have done the following article, Plug-’n Wind turbine, a development specification. http://energy.saving.nu/plugin/windturbine.shtml as an attempt to get a discussion started. Hakan Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
