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Is Wind Generation for you?

Electricity produced by wind generation can be used directly, as in water pumping applications, or it can be sored in batteries for household usage. Wind generators can be used along, or they may be used a part of a hybrid system, in which their output is combined with that of photovoltaics, and /or a fossil fuel generator. Hybrid systems are especially useful for winter backup of home systems where cloudy weather and windy conditions occur simultaneously.

The most important decision when considering wind power is determining whether or not your chosen site has enough wind to generate the power for your needs, whether it is availabe consistently, and if it is available in the season that you need it. The power available from the wind varies as the cube of the wind speed. If the wind speed doubles, the power of the wind (ability to do work) increases 8 times. For example, a 10 mile per hour wind has one eighth the power of a 10 mile per hour wind.

(10 x 10 x 10 = 1000 versus 20 x 20 x 20 = 8000)

One of the effects of the cube rule is that a site which has an average wind speed reflecting wide swings from very low to very high velocity may have twice or more the energy potential of a site with the same average wind speed which experiences little variation. This is because the occasional high wind packs a lot of power into a short period of time. Of course, it is important that this occasional high wind come often enough to keep your batteries charged. If you are trying to provide smaller amounts of power consistently, you should use a generator that operate effectively at slower wind velocities.