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Alan_W · 2021-11-14T19:15:07Z

I'm looking for some information on the pros & cons and costs for small scale (domestic scale) wind turbines, particularly wrt other forms of renewable electricity such as PV. I live in a rural area within South Devon, and have two fields adjacent to the house that could be suitable for PV cells and/or a small wind turbine. There's a lot of info available about PV, the costs and the benefits are well established. The main downside is obviously the lack of winter sun, so generation is lowest at precisely the time of year when most electricity of probably consumed. On the face of it, a small wind turbine would provide a more even production profile over the year, but there's a dearth of information on them online (I haven't been able to find much, at any rate).

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Mars

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12/03/2022 9:42 pm

Came across two small turbines. Will contact the respective manufacturers for more details and what additional kit is required. Not cheap though:

https://www.truenorthsailing.co.uk/wind/1710-6475-silent-wind-400-pro-wind-generator.html#

https://futurenergy.co.uk/feshop/airforce-1-wind-turbines/

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13/03/2022 7:34 pm

Found out CAT in Wales does a domestic wind turbine day training. I'll let you know if it's interesting in a couple of weeks.

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13/03/2022 10:18 pm

@ken, CAT, as in Caterpillar?

Look forward to hearing more.

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14/03/2022 7:20 am

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https://cat.org.uk/events/build-a-small-wind-turbine/

https://cat.org.uk/events/renewables-for-households-wind-turbines/

They do a variety of courses on different subjects.

Interesting place to visit and chat to people generally

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14/03/2022 9:11 am

@jeff, sounds amazing. It says all materials provided. Does that mean you’ll walk out of there with a turbine? That would be tremendous value. 😀

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14/03/2022 9:25 am

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@jeff, sounds amazing. It says all materials provided. Does that mean you’ll walk out of there with a turbine? That would be tremendous value. 😀

It is a two day residential group course where you get to make and build a turbine on site as a group including food and accommodation.

Everyone on the course doesn't walk out with a turbine unless i missed something.

Still good value to learn about these things.

Am sure you would pickup really practical real world info on domestic solutions in general.

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14/03/2022 9:34 am

@jeff, I was joking about walking out with a turbine. 😀

It does genuinely sound like a very interesting course. Hands on training like that is amazing.

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14/03/2022 9:43 am

Hadn't even seen that one! I found the one day course:-

https://cat.org.uk/events/renewables-for-households-wind-turbines/

Figured it'll be a good start to see what the training is like there.

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16/04/2022 2:59 pm

Just seen a group in Bristol has privately financed a £4m turbine.

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