tuna writes “A real-world check next to the Dutch headache of Zeeland (a sheer long-winded categorize demonstrates that small-scale windmills are a fundamentally weakened technology (PDF of tests results in Dutch, English distillate. Twelve much-hyped micro ramble turbines were placed in a scrap on an free clear. Their lan revenue was regulated upwards a duration of a particular year (April 1, 2008 — Step 31, 2009), the standard in the main stimulate velocity during these 12 months was 3.8 meters per younger, somewhat higher than run-of-the-mill. Three windmills poverty-stricken. The others recorded ridiculously indecent yields, in needle of the optimal conditions. It would acquire up to 141 small windmills to power an average American household entirely using wind energy, for a total cost of 780,000 dollars. The test results show clearly that energy return is closely tied to rotor diameter, and that the design of the windmill hardly matters.”

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