We would like to harvest wind. Last i checked, there is no wind map of Louisiana, how do i find out if i can have a wind mill? How much power do they produce? Is this something we can do ourselves? Any info would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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around $125,000, i think. But it saves you about $90,000 per year.
Too much for most people! But if your on the younger side of things and actually plan on using the equipment for a long time it may be worth it! Of course you could sell it in between but then you get no use out of it!
Interesting question. Coincidentally, an article appeared in today’s Dallas Morning News about the same thing. It seems that this couple who live on a farm were trying to install one there. It said its cost would be about $12,000.00. But, because they live in the town limits of Melissa (a little town 30 miles north of Dallas), they had to get the zoning changed, or a variance from the town, which they couldn’t get “because it would be an eyesore, and would make too much noise, and a blade might come off and present a hazard to other structures or people.” (Doesn’t matter that they live on a farm 5 miles from the nearest house.) They tried and tried to get it put up, but had no luck, and finally gave up.
The moral of this, if you think about installing one, check with your city as to zoning. This will avoid your spending money on something you just have to tear down.
Do a little research on the web. I believe there is a company that makes a windmill for less than 15,000 dollars located in Phoenix, AZ. needs only a 1/2 acre of land,
Ask the dutch? Sorry no windmills around here or I would ask.
maybe a couple thousand dollars
1.4 MILLION US$ PER MEGAWATT OR us$1400 PER KILOWATT
who would know that! jk. some one out there knows! just not me. but try addressing some one in the state government. good luck!
Conservation, as wisely suggested, is the first way to go since a penny save is a penny earned, ya know.
Research and wait for solar, considering your southern location. I suspect according to an earlier suggestion that it is probably quite calm wind-wise there.
it should be like 200 _ 350
check with your state dept. of energy. the amount of power depends on the windmill you get and the wind in your area.unless you have construction knowledge and a lot of electrical skills you shouldn’t try it yourself.
30,000 dollars! i installed one and mine is state-of-the art and it cost about 30,000 to 10,000. It is great and you should think about it! it may cost alot of money but it saves you alot too!!
Forget it. Loisiana windmills would produce about enough energy to power two lightbulbs. And installation/equipment would cost you anywhere between 10 and 30 K.
However, I would suggest solar panels. They are much less harder to install, but they can produce a significant amount more power. Just lay it on your roof…and bingo! Nothing to it.
There is a great article in a Time Magazine from 2006 about the best inventions of that year. One of them is a windmill that can be installed to help power any run of the mill neighborhood cookie cutter house. It is about 30 feet tall and can help cut costs of electricity between 600-800 dollars. The initial cost $10,000 including installation, but it has a standard hookup so it can be plugged into the grid relatively easy. I hope this helps. Let’s get America green.
Be careful what you wish for. The energy savings you make will be lost in your property value. Windmills are very noisy and a gigantic eyesore.
Total cost to be fully operational is about $2000-$3000 depending on how much of the work you are able to do yourself. You can’t get into the setup for any less than that unless you install used equipment or junk. It is not cheap to get this deal going but the payback is a virtual certainty. I have priced and plan to install a wind powered generator in my backyard. You must first find out if the zoning ordinances where you live will even allow you to install such a device since the tower for the device is 30 feet tall. http://www.northerntools.com is a good place to look. They have a 300 watt unit that is only 48″ in diameter and is designed for a residential application. The tower is purchased seperately as well as the controls. You can hook it up and it runs 24 hours a day. If there is ever a time when you are using less energy than you are producing your meter actually runs in reverse. We all know what that means. Northern tools also has a good line of solar panels.
100 Bagillizon Dollars
There are many kinds of devices to capture the wind power. Some are not much money at all. Wind power is not economical but is clean so do not be surprised if it actually costs more to have wind power.
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Generally from whay I’ve heard in the dallas area a windmill can be bought for around $2,000.00.You can get a wind map for your area from the national weather service website,weatherbug,and possibly the weather channel.Google { windmills for home electricity} and look for someone in your area.
dont forget to check local building codes to be sure you can even put one up legally. That is a problem lately.
A Windmill needs to be in a place with a lot of wind in order to generate power. It would be best if you had lots of lad and plenty of space for the windmill. Check your local laws to see if you can own a windmill. Almost only power companies operate windmills or they allow private owners of the windmill to allow the power to be sent to the power company.
Here are some of the environmental costs you may not be considering.
1) Construction materials must be mined.
2) Mines destroy mountains and habitats.
3) Mines and add arsenic and other dangerous chemicals to surface water.
4) Windmills scare birds.
5) Mining materials for maintenance and replacement parts will continue to damage the environment into perpetuity.
In all, if you want to build a windmill or solar panel to be “green”, I am sorry. There is no green energy–except perhaps nuclear energy; birds like nuclear power plants.
$1500 doesn’t sound bad.
alot
$8000 to $60,000 depending the output.
This is a very good site.
http://www.windenergy.com
includes wind map ratings and alot of useful information.
400 KWh per month at 12 MPH
cheapest windmill I know of is the skystream.
hope it helps.
10,000dollars.
want i will do is ask how much it will be to fixe it and if you have the muney then by it if not then dont by it at all will bye for know but if you need someone to talke to just look me up at moniquechantill@.com ok will bye for know ok>:)
4000-8000
It would be alot of money + it would take probably two months.
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Wind turbines have been used for household electricity generation in conjunction with battery storage over many decades in remote areas. Household generator units of more than 1 kW are now functioning in several countries.
To compensate for the varying power output, grid-connected wind turbines may utilise some sort of grid energy storage. Off-grid systems either adapt to intermittent power or use photovoltaic or diesel systems to supplement the wind turbine.
Wind turbines range from small four hundred watt generators for residential use to several megawatt machines for wind farms and offshore. The small ones have direct drive generators, direct current output, aeroelastic blades, lifetime bearings and use a vane to point into the wind; while the larger ones generally have geared power trains, alternating current output, flaps and are actively pointed into the wind. Direct drive generators and aeroelastic blades for large wind turbines are being researched and direct current generators are sometimes used.
In urban locations, where it is difficult to obtain large amounts of wind energy, smaller systems may still be used to run low power equipment. Distributed power from rooftop mounted wind turbines can also alleviate power distribution problems, as well as provide resilience to power failures. Equipment such as parking meters or wireless internet gateways may be powered by a wind turbine that charges a small battery, replacing the need for a connection to the power grid and/or maintaining service despite possible power grid failures.
Small-scale wind power in rural Indiana.
Small-scale wind power in rural Indiana.
Small scale turbines are available that are approximately 7 feet (2 m) in diameter and produce 900 watts. Units are lightweight, e.g. 16 kilograms (35 lbs), allowing rapid response to wind gusts typical of urban settings and easy mounting much like a television antenna. It is claimed that they are inaudible even a few feet under the turbine.[citation needed] Dynamic braking regulates the speed by dumping excess energy, so that the turbine continues to produce electricity even in high winds. The dynamic braking resistor may be installed inside the building to provide heat (during high winds when more heat is lost by the building, while more heat is also produced by the braking resistor). The proximal location makes low voltage (12 volt, or the like) energy distribution practical. An additional benefit is that owners become more aware of electricity consumption, possibly reducing their consumption down to the average level that the turbine can produce.
According to the World Wind Energy Association, it is difficult to assess the total number or capacity of small-scaled wind turbines, but in China alone, there are roughly 300,000 small-scale wind turbines
It will depand on the size, but the one that was in the photo is about $250,000.00
Windmills are like anything else, you get what you pay for. A good windmill that will provide plenty of power for a complete household (and some power left over for the neighbors) cost around $10,000.00 to $13,000.00 installed. I most cases you can tie in to the electric companies grid so that when you are producing more energy than you need, they take the excess and then when you are not producing enough for your needs they give it back. As a general rule of thumb you need 2 acres of land in order to make sure you have enough clear air flow. So if you don’t own 2 acres you can pretty much forget it. If you do set one up and you have good flow it should be able to pay for itself in less than 5 years.
The viability of wind as a energy source is problematic unless you have land to build a tower with no impediments to collecting the wind, and the bucks for storage.
In order to power a normal 1500-2500 SF house you would need about 1-2KwH available on average. Anything less then that and you would have to retrofit your entire house to run on DC current and live in the dark with no refrigeration or hot water.
Mind you, if you are in a rural area, and are building a new home it might be worthy of building into the construction costs a larger “windmill” but to do so, you would also have to have a viable way to store and attach to the grid when you are not producing.
you can get a skystream 3.7 installed for $8,000-$12,000 depending on installation, city regulations, power company fees etc. It can be under $10,000. This turbine will provide most, not all, of an average households use.
e-mail me if you are serious about doing this.
thanks
It would probably cost some where around $ 1.5 million USD.If you are installing the best in class, and can find more categories!
I hope it helped you!
Bakul
Windmills have been around for centuries. They are great for pumping underground water into a well for domestic small scale use. More recently they have been erected in wind constant locations, They are coupled to generators which produce electricity, However there reliability and production capabilities are poor. Your residential mill might take 5 years or longer to pay for itself. Remember you need frequent winds at your location for this to work. The most efficient way to make electricity is with coal. But the greenies refuse to incorporate logic.
It costs a lot of money. There’s one in Cleveland, Ohio. And I heard that the total cost was something like $250million. I could have heard wrong and probably did, but that is something that I heard.
chris has it down. good answer.
a wind mill eih! thats good saving money running on natural energy, thats wonderful thinking but the government and other business organizations wouldnt be selling wind mills if they want to make money
The Skystream Residential Windmill has a height of 35-110 feet. It can produce 400 kilowatt hours of energy a month. Needs just a acre of land and costs $8,500 with labor. The Skystream Residential Windmill produces wind power and it can pay for itself in 4-12 years.
You can purchase a rudimentary wind gauge and monitor average wind speed and direction, plus gusts. You may have a state geologist who can provide some basic information, too.
Check out the company below. You can ask them what installations they’ve done in Louisiana, that should tell you something, too.
Good luck!
There are companies that make wind turbines for personal use. There is a lot of information on the Internet available if you search “personal wind turbine”.
I found a company called Southwest Windpower, http://www.windenergy.com, that has wind turbines for personal use. You can also check out the wen page at http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/get-off-the-grid-airx-personal-wind-turbine-162770.php to see a brief article on a personal wind turbine that is supposed to retail for about $499.00. They claim this model will generate 400 watts of power when the wind is blowing 28 m.p.h.
if you have the land and the winds, I strongly recommend doing it they have the quickest pay back period probably about 3-5 years….
They are also a lot cheaper than solar panels…
The main expense is the labour and installing it probably looking at a $500-10000,
but the best thing is they are giving you energy almost all the time throughout night and day…
You can even buy a 300-500 watt one and do it yourself for about $1000 just concrete it in….
Buy Energy from Nature is a good guide.
Depends on the model and where you live.
Do you live on a farm? Then you can put a big WM in place.
Do you live in a city? They you probably need permits, the wind-efficiency might not be good (too much turbulence) and the windmill might need to be attached to your house, which raises structural concerns (vibrations) and it limits the models available to you.
Do some research. Decide what you want. A big one probably needs a bank-loan, for a small one think $1500-$3000 for fairly basic models (serious windmills though).
I’ve looked into this for a long time now. It depends on your KW hour needs. If you need 1000+ KWh (check your electric bill) you’ll be paying a lot of money. $4000 – $8000.
Remember the tower usually costs as much as the windmill if not more.
If you are not on the coast, forget it in Louisiana. It’s almost not worth it here in Dallas.
If it’s power you want to save (And I have a $66 electric bill with 4 kids and a 3500 square foot all electric home) there are numerous things you can do.
1. Get a water on demand system as an electric water heater can cost you upwards of $60 a month alone.
2. Get a high speed spin washing machine so that you can line dry clothes (yea I know it sucks) but since they are spun at 1300 RPM, the clothes are very soft because they don’t have excess water build up.
3. Buy a solar oven off ebay to avoid a conventional stove. Most sunny days it works like a regular oven. Mine works gerat.
4. Get good attic ventilation. Soffit vents are important.
5. Get all energy star appliances.
6. Change all your regular light bulbs to CFL’s. (The corkscrews)
Sorry to go off topic a bit, but most people want windmills to save on $ + green power.
I’ve done all of the above plus more to get my bill this low.
So now I face “Do I pay $4000-8000 or simply just keep paying $66 bucks”.
If you want more info crasster@yahoo.com
I’ve researched green power like crazy.
Make sure to take out Quixoti Insurance.