I am looking at my bill and I use on average about 50 KWH per day.....I dont know if thats high but I want to know what size of an solar power panel should I get or wind turbine to at least cut this in half or more....I would rather want the system to be grid tied.

By the way I live in middle Tennessee we are in zone 4 so we get 4.5 hours of direct sun and I dont now about average wind speeds.

How small will a windturbine charge? Small turbine for small batteries?

i just want to know to know is there any other method other than connecting to turbine and generators

I have a few questions about wind turbines:

1) What are the smallest/largest sizes of residential turbines?
2) Can one residential turbine supply energy to more than one house? If so, does this mean that the turbine has to be larger, or can a small turbine supply a sufficient amount of energy?
3) Does a residential turbine have to be directly behind the house, or can it be across the street or even in a nearby field?

If possible, please include some sources. Thank you!

I just need to know how to build a regular turbine using just pipes, wood. i don't know i just need to build one for a project

Can we use the Earth's core or volcanoes to produce renewable energy by using the enormous heat to vaporize water or hydrogen into steam or pressured gas to spin a turbine to generate mega watts of electricity?

The first step would require us to understand the area of continents in 3D perspective. We would have to drill around a one to two thousand mile deep hole from any land mass. Is this feasible?

Can we use the Earth's core to produce renewable energy by using the enormous heat to vaporize water into steam and spin a turbine to generate mega watts of electricity?

The first step would require us to understand the area of continents in 3D perspective. We would have to drill around a one to two thousand mile deep hole from any land mass. Is this feasible?

Is there any way I can buy my own small turbine that I can set up on my property and legally use? How Much would that cost me?

In a good month we use 57,000KWH. A small turbine for a home costs ,000 to purchase and install, only generates 2,000 KWH per year, and it's simply not feasible. The savings have to be more significant for it to be an option for us.

I've heard on several occasions that wind turbines are not economically feasible because it takes an inordinate amount of time and money, such that it will never produce enough energy to recoup that which was lost in building the turbine. Is this true? Can anyone give me a source?

DALLAS — Wind turbines supplying energy to homes and businesses will one day line Texas' 376-mile coastline if the state's Land Office Commissioner has his way.

The turbines will stand about 10 miles offshore, enough to preserve the treasured view but close enough to make coastal wind power an affordable energy alternative still missing in the United States, Commissioner Jerry Patterson (search) said.

Last month, the office announced a deal with a Louisiana contractor to build 50 turbines designed to power about 40,000 homes.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174806,00.html

so a single turbine can power 800 homes?
that is pretty good.

Could you spin these if air is forced in these directions (up or down)? I am thinking of say a pipe with a series of small turbines in line. Restricting air after each one to produce greater speed of air to the next. I would also like to cut out part of the pipe next to them to bring in wind energy if that's even possible to spin them inside the pipe. Would these just oppose each other, any idea if it would work and create more rpms? Sorry, I'm just an architecture student so I lack the knowledge for this unless I make models to test it, don't want to waste my time if someone knows. I have worked on aircraft engines before so I have that knowledge of compressors, just not how the forces would move in this idea.... Thanks for any help. Here is a turbine for an example.

http://www.tangarie.com/files/specs/Master_GALE%20_1_08_24_09.pdf

Not sure what you mean. I do not know how air moves across these. Does it just push on the wind side and leave the turbine in a straight line once it rotates to the other side? Or does it push against it and follow the curved paths up or down?

There are lots of worthless people around - homeless, prisoners, the morbidly obese. Why not stick them all in a huge electricity generating turbine and make them push a wheel around or something and if they don't comply they are killed and used as fuel?

Hey guys im looking for a bearing to use for a VAWT savenous im using 2 btw,
im using a 1 inch shaft and was wondering if anyone could tell me where im likely to find a good bearing for this project: eg local bearing shop, skate shop ect

i did go to the local bearing shop and bought 2 bearings but found that they did not spin very freely, after we rang the guy up about this he said that its like this because of grease and that it wares really quick if it doesnt have the grease or something

so basicly where can i find a good beairng for a 250-500 watt VAWT savenous turbine

thanks very much for reading my question
im building it from scratch myself

Hey guys im looking for a bearing to use for a VAWT savenous im using 2 btw,
im using a 1 inch shaft and was wondering if anyone could tell me where im likely to find a good bearing for this project: eg local bearing shop, skate shop ect

i did go to the local bearing shop and bought 2 bearings but found that they did not spin very freely, after we rang the guy up about this he said that its like this because of grease and that it wares really quick if it doesnt have the grease or something

so basicly where can i find a good beairng for a 250-500 watt VAWT savenous turbine

thanks very much for reading my question
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im building it from scratch myself

I would like to convert my house to total wood power, perhaps run a steam powered turbine for electricity. Also thought about solar power but I live in Michigan. Any suggestions?

I would like to convert my house to total wood power, perhaps run a steam powered turbine for electricity. Also thought about solar power but I live in Michigan. Any suggestions?

I would like to convert my house to total wood power, perhaps run a steam powered turbine for electricity. Also thought about solar power but I live in Michigan. Any suggestions?

For instance if the turbine has 2 spare amps of current, how could this be fed into a national grid of several hundreds of amps? A car charger works by exceeding the charge voltage of the battery, but of course you can't do this to the national grid.... can you?

the types of wind turbines i found was
industrial, agricultural, commercial, municipal, and residential
what is the difference between these?!
which wind turbine is used where.
I only know residential is for homes & its the smallest of all the wind turbines
but what about the others?
also compare their sizes please
thank you

PLEASE HELP!

Is it only small wind turbines that can practically be purchased in the UK and can be mounted on roofs? I would like to investigate the possibility of a very large company, with many buildings and very high energy bills, harnessing wind power. There is not enough land space for a free standing large turbine but plenty of roof space (I will also look into PV panels but would like to understand wind further first). It is quite an Urban are, but the company has one very tall building)
Thanks for any advice.....

Is it only small wind turbines that can practically be purchased in the UK and can be mounted on roofs? I would like to investigate the possibility of a very large company, with many buildings and very high energy bills, harnessing wind power. There is not enough land space for a free standing large turbine but plenty of roof space (I will also look into PV panels but would like to understand wind further first). It is quite an Urban are, but the company has one very tall building)
Thanks for any advice.....

I am by no means an expert on this subject, but I do have one idea I would like to throw out there. Would it be feasible to somehow place wind turbines at the top of skyscrappers or any tall buildings far that matter? I know that doubling the altitude of turbines increases wind speed, which would increase energy out. Dosen't make sense to put a turbine on a very tall building?

I was wondering if anyone had instructions with pictures to build this turbine, i need it for my science fair project so i need it to cost under 30$, I only need it to power the small light bulb.
Thanks!