Wind Power

Wind power is power generated by wind turbine, or windmill. The turning of the blades can pass through a coil to create a current of electricity or pump water for storage in tanks or for power generation. Wind turbines are readily available in some countries, eg Canada, but not as accessible in Australia. In Canada 1 and 2 kW wind turbines can be bought at the local hardware store along with battery storage, inverters, cabling, etc.

Wind power has benefits over solar as it generates whenever there is wind and wind is not directly dependent upon sunlight. The wind can blow at night as well as in the day. In coastal Australia wind is a common occurence after about 10am and still blowing often until midnight. This wind is generated by convection currents over the land and cooler air coming in off the ocean replacing the rising warm air.

As with solar power wind energy is usually stored in batteries. Hybrid systems are available where solar panels and wind turbines work under different circumstances to charge batteries.

Please see: Soma 1000 wind turbine please see RPC products at http://www.rpc.com.au/catalog/soma100024vto120v-p-2152.html . Turbines and batteries have to be size to suit power requirements.