That Superwind is a good turbine, has a good track record but it's a bit
spendy for the size.
They have targeted the commercial field and are doing well with the
railroad and oil and gas industry.
I tend to forget about it so I hadn't mentioned it before.
As for VAWTs, there are still no commercially viable models on the
market today. They have a terrible track record.
They look cool, tend to be installed on college campuses and other
highly visible locations, so the general public
thinks that they must be good.
What has been seen cannot be unseen!
Roy Butler
Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
8902 Route 46, Arkport, NY 14807
607-324-9747www.four-winds-energy.com
Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you
don’t.
“The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it.”
Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message,
a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
On 8/17/2023 2:49 PM, Dan Fink via RE-wrenches wrote:
Jay, as Roy mentioned, the small wind situation in the 1-2 kW range
right now is pretty grim - Tons of awful imported products with vastly
inflated "ratings" flooding the market on Amazon, Ebay and AliBaba. I
was particularly impressed (NOT) by a 900mm diameter VAWT that seems
very popular there....rated at 8000 watts! (face palm).
There's the Superwind 1250 out of Germany that looks legit:
https://www.superwind.com/superwind-1250/
The AirForce 1 out of the UK looks possibly legit, though with 1.8m
rotor they are counting on a cP of 0.33, which seems kinda high to me.
https://futurenergy.co.uk/feshop/airforce-1-wind-turbines/
I have no experience with actually flying these products however.
Good luck! Solar is cheap but boring!
Dan Fink
Owner, Buckville Energy Consulting LLC
IREC Certified Instructor for PV and Small Wind Installation
NABCEP Certified PV System Inspector
NABCEP PV Associate
d <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
970-672-4342
On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 9:11 AM Jay via RE-wrenches
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all
Is anyone making a good quality 1-2kw wind machine?
All of my searches come up with nothing.
Thanks in advance
Jay
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