Wind turbine

[Highlander]

(6 June 2013, 22:14)Tarrel Wrote: A good starting point will be to check your average wind speed. This has a massive effect on output. Most turbine manufacturers will publish a graph showing output vs windspeed, which will let you know what you,re actually likely to get in kWh from the turbine for your given average speed.

The department of energy has a windspeed database. You just put your grid reference in.

http://tools.decc.gov.uk/en/windspeed/default.aspx

Given where you are Highlander, you might want to consider a trip to Scoraig. Hugh Piggott is based there. He,s something of a small scale wind guru. Builds his own and runs workshops on how to do so. His blog is at http://www.scoraigwind.co.uk

HTH.

Tarrel

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Here's an example of a 1kW turbine: http://www.futurenergy.co.uk/turbine.html.

Check out the power curve link for the graph of output vs windspeed.

Thank you for this,.. we are fairly certain that our wind is strong and often enough to do the job, but we will be getting a more detailed `read out`,.. there is nothing in front of us for about four miles except open country,..and that is the prime direction of wind [ westerly ]

Hugh Piggott sounds very interesting thanks