Wind Turbines more often than not do not deliver their maximum rated output. Why ? Simply because surface and near-surface winds are commonly neither strong nor consistent enough to rotate the propellers at their "best RPM range" all of the time. Moving the turbine to higher elevations sometimes increases the average current output since wind strength generally increases at higher elevations/altitudes even though wind directions still remain variable.
The same wind supply inconsistency makes wind power unsuitable as a fixed, demand-driven source of energy unlike coal- or diesel-burning power plants that can simply be turned on or off depending on consumer requirements. This situation should change, when, if superconducting charge (or current) storage devices become widely available. Very large-capacity battery banks, or very efficient batteries, or super capacitors will also be designed for the purpose of storing vast quantities of power.
Small wind turbine generators have been available in the US since the 1920s. The Jacobs Wind Electric Company consistently sold 1- to 3-kW wind turbines to farmers in North America and around the world till the US rural electrification grid came fully online in the late 1940s, thus reducing the demand for independent energy supplies.
Because wind turbines are based on old technology they are incredibly reliable and pretty easy to keep running for anyone who is even a reasonably good mechanic. Even making your own unit won't require to many expensive tools.
A Jacobs wind turbine unit was fitted at the South Pole by members of Richard Byrd's Antarctic expedition in 1933. Jacobs wind turbines are still available for sale in the US today. Wind turbines could be viable alternative sources of energy for household or commercial end-users. Denmark currently sources about 20% of its national electrical energy supply from offshore wind farms.
The same wind supply inconsistency makes wind power unsuitable as a fixed, demand-driven source of energy unlike coal- or diesel-burning power plants that can simply be turned on or off depending on consumer requirements. This situation should change, when, if superconducting charge (or current) storage devices become widely available. Very large-capacity battery banks, or very efficient batteries, or super capacitors will also be designed for the purpose of storing vast quantities of power.
Small wind turbine generators have been available in the US since the 1920s. The Jacobs Wind Electric Company consistently sold 1- to 3-kW wind turbines to farmers in North America and around the world till the US rural electrification grid came fully online in the late 1940s, thus reducing the demand for independent energy supplies.
Because wind turbines are based on old technology they are incredibly reliable and pretty easy to keep running for anyone who is even a reasonably good mechanic. Even making your own unit won't require to many expensive tools.
A Jacobs wind turbine unit was fitted at the South Pole by members of Richard Byrd's Antarctic expedition in 1933. Jacobs wind turbines are still available for sale in the US today. Wind turbines could be viable alternative sources of energy for household or commercial end-users. Denmark currently sources about 20% of its national electrical energy supply from offshore wind farms.
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Learning how to make a wind turbine that can endure for a good period of time is not simple but with the right guide book it can be done. Your own wind turbine can reduce the electricty bills dramatically.
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