My step by step  “Make a small solar panel”  package contains all kinds of technical data, info on charge controllers, inverters, storage batteries, small solar panel wiring diagrams, how to make a small solar panel, home wind turbine generator and much more for the home owner to create electricity and save money using solar and wind energy.

SECRETS TO MAKING A SMALL SOLAR PANELS AND HOME WIND TURBINE GENERATOR

Finally the secret is out. Solar panels sold by the retailers cost $1000's of dollars for small solar panel or home  wind turbine generator  energy system when you can make your own for less than your last electricity bill in your own backyard.

You will be amazed at how simple and easy the whole Energy System is to set up and I have gone to great detail to explain where and how to source the materials and most important where you can pick up deep cycle batteries to use in your solar system sometimes for free or very cheap and I have been using this method for years with great success. make-a-solar-panel.com

I have a great passion for the environment and I want as many people as possible to start generating their own electricity. That's why I have produced four comprehensive manuals and Videos on How to make a small solar panel and homemade wind turbine generator for enthusiasts like you and written in simple, easy-to-read English, with full illustrations that will guide you through the whole build process.

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My manual‘s was created with the complete novice in mind so I will basically guide you through the build and installation process. That's right, I am going to teach you everything you need to know about producing your own electricity using solar and wind energy with my complete step-by-step fully illustrated manual and easy to follow videos instructions.

5 REASONS TO CREATE YOUR OWN POWER FOR THE HOME

# Save hundreds of dollars every month on your power bill. # My fully illustrated manuals with easy to follow instructions. # Low cost evolved to make your home energy system. #  Great for our environment, no waste, noise pollution. # Increase the value of your home –good investment in the future.

What your electric company doesn’t want you to know is that you can spin their meter backwards by knowing how to create your own solar/wind energy and stop paying for their electricity. The price of electricity is becoming ridiculous and each year power company increases the price.
No matter how hard we try and reduce our electricity use the next bill is higher because of increased production costs or fat salaries for the executives.

LEARN HOW TO BUILD WIND TURBINES GENERATOR

But an alternative is to generate your own power and eliminate the electrical company from your life forever! I explain how to use Renewable Energy to eliminate your account with the electric company.

PART B of my “make a small solar panel” package is a fully illustrated manual detailing step by step instructions on how to build a homemade wind turbine generator. What material to use - How to mark out and shape the wind generator blades, tail section, different types of motors and lots of detail. My manual will take you through the procedure building your own professional looking home wind turbine generator.
Where and how to find the parts and cheap. My guide on building a home wind turbine generator is the best available. The wind generator is used together with solar energy to charge the storage batteries or supply solar electricity straight into the house via the switching panel. I will show you how to build your own wind turbine generator for less than $130. make-a-solar-panel.com

A GREAT WAY TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE SMALL SOLAR PANEL & BUILD A HOME WIND TURBINE GENERATOR WITHOUT A LARGE INVESTMENT IN TIME OR MONEY

Creating renewable energy from the sun and the wind has plenty of good points, saving the environment reducing the global green house gases. Cost savings for years following the initial set up costs. Free electricity and add value to your home.

Alternative energy offers a solution to our environment when traditional energy sources are getting less and costly, help save you money

Benefits of Small Solar Panels:

1 Offer Low Maintenance simply keeps the surface of the panels clean.
2 Clean, quiet, and easy to use.
3 Consume no fuel and give off no waste
4 There are no moving parts so there is no mechanical noise.
5 Generate pure D.C. electricity when exposed to sunlight which is safe and reliable.
6 Save Money! How much you save is up to you.

I am running my house off my very own small solar panels and saving a ton of CASH each month.
I would recommend you read my manuals if you are interested in building and learning how to generate free electricity to reduce your electricity bill.
Please visit  
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RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS.

Bret Parker comprehensive manuals and Videos on how to make a solar panel.com and home made wind power generator construction.
How to make solar panels, home made diy wind power generator and information you'll need to build a complete diy home solar power system and how to use solar electricity.
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COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS - DIY RENEWABLE ENERGY - ENVIRONMENTALY SAFE

I have listed 5 of my home energy tips that will reduce your electricity use. I will show you an alternative way to set up your home using small solar panels and a home wind turbine generator and explain how I designed my home to use free solar electricity. Generate more electricity than you need using solar energy you can reduce your electric bill by 50% or more and possibly eliminate your account with the electric company and unlock yourself from the power company.

My step by step  “Make a small solar” panel  make-a-solar-panel.com package contains all kinds of technical data, info on charge controllers, inverters, storage batteries, small solar panel wiring diagrams, how to make a small solar panel, home wind turbine generator and much more for the home owner to create electricity and save money using solar and wind energy.

MY SOLAR PANELS HAVE PERFORMED WAY ABOVE THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEIR OWNERS

You will be amazed at how simple and easy the whole Energy System is to set up and I have gone to great detail to explain where and how to source the materials and most important where you can pick up deep cycle batteries to use in your solar system sometimes for free or very cheap and I have been using this method for years with great success.

I am so confident that my manuals will give you all that you need to make a small solar panel and a home wind turbine generator that I am  offering you a 100% risk free 60 day guarantee or your money back if you are not totally satisfied.

One of the most common questions I am asked, how can I reduce my electricity bill? Because every month the account is getting bigger. I would recommend they consider using solar energy to reduce their electricity and the look of horror on their faces suggesting they spend an outrageous price to install solar panels.

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ELIMINATE YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL

Finally the secret is out. Solar panels sold by the retailers cost $1000's but they don't mention the fact you can make your own small solar panel for less than $180, also build a homemade wind turbine generator from your own backyard or workshop.

I explain how to use Renewable Energy to reduce your electricity bill by 50% or more and possibly eliminate your account with the electric company
Full solar energy system for the home would be an enormous savings with the ever increasing cost of fossil fuel and the outrageous  sums of money paid to these company CEO’s.
My manuals make-a-solar-panel.com contain all the information you'll need to build a complete home energy system and how to store the power and how to connect the power system to your home.

First tip to reducing your electricity use would be not leaving the lights on when you leave the room and not turning on the lights to enter the room to pick something up. Utilise a local light that gives some light into the other rooms and this could be a consideration when you design the lighting for the house.

Second tip would be to open all doors and windows in the middle of the day to allow a breeze to flow through and will you will surprise how cool the house will become.

I will Show you an easy way to set up your home with Renewable Energy and how I design my own home to use free solar electricity. You will follow the same steps I did when I installed my own small solar panel and home wind turbine generator and ways to store the power and how to connect the power system to your home are in my manuals and you will be amazed at the details I have gone to describing the steps

LEARN HOW TO BUILD WIND TURBINES GENERATOR

PART B is a fully illustrated manual detailing step by step instructions on how to build a homemade wind turbine generator. What material to use - How to mark out and shape the windmill blades, tail section, different types of motors and lots of detail.

My manual will take you through the procedure building your own professional looking home wind turbine generator. Where and how to find the parts and cheap. My guide on building a home wind turbine generator is the best available.

The wind generator is used together with solar energy to charge the storage batteries or supply solar electricity straight into the house via the switching panel. I will show you how to build your own wind turbine generator for less than $130.

Third tip with heating is to use blankets when the temperature is only mild and leave the heating until extreme low temperature.

Forth tip in rainy weather is not to use the clothes dryer but hang the clothes in a garage or under the veranda.

Creating renewable energy from the sun and the wind has plenty of good points, saving the environment reducing the global green house gases. Cost savings for years following the initial set up costs. Free electricity. Add value to your home.
Make your own solar and wind energy system and reduce your dependence on the power company.

Fifth tip is to re-adjust the thermostat on your hot water system. During summer the setting can be turned down.

Benefits of Small Solar Panels:

Offer Low Maintenance simply keeps the surface of the panels clean.
Clean, quiet, and easy to use.
Consume no fuel and give off no waste
There are no moving parts so there is no mechanical noise.
Generate pure D.C. electricity when exposed to sunlight which is safe and reliable.
Save Money! How much you save is up to you.

I am running my house off my very own small solar panels and saving a ton of CASH each month.

I would recommend you read my manuals if you are interested in building and learning how to generate free electricity to reduce your electricity bill.

You can sit back and enjoy the free electricity forever.

More Information Visit
make-a-solar-panel.com
Bret Parker comprehensive manuals and Videos on how to make a solar panel.com and home made wind power generator construction.
How to make solar panels, home made diy wind power generator and information you'll need to build a complete diy home solar power system and how to use solar electricity.
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Electricity is generated from solar panel using certain device called photovoltaic cells or solar cells, the photovoltaic cells converts' solar energy from the sun to electricity. Solar energy is much cheaper and reliable than it used to be some years ago, because these devices have been developing rapidly. You could decide to install solar panels as a supplementary source of energy to reduce your monthly bills on electricity.

Here are some reasons why you must consider installing solar panels for your homes:

- Clean. Solar power is definitely the cleanest source of energy. There is no burning of coals or other fossil fuels and at the time it doesn't produce greenhouse gases. So, it really doesn't have any harmful effect on the environment.

- Plentiful. There is absolutely no limit to solar power. There is more than enough to go round for everyone; there would never be a time when solar energy would be exhausted. As a matter of fact, the amount of solar energy reaching the earth each minute is more than the energy consumed yearly by the entire planet.

- Solar panels are easy to install and use. You can install solar panels for as little as $200 and they are relatively inexpensive to maintain once they are installed. Also, installing solar panel is easy, it's something you can do by yourself, and all you need is a step by step guide.

After all has been said, you will clearly agree that energy from the sun or solar power is without doubt a great way to reduce dependence on fossil fuels as well as cut back on your cost of electricity. So, I wonder why anyone would ignore the use of solar energy in their homes.

Premade home solar panels can be quite expensive. But why pay for them, if you can have a DIY system for less than $200? See this guide to making a low cost home solar power system using readily available components.

If you really wish to succeed at building solar panel systems or wind turbine generators to cut or slash your energy bill, or just to know more information about green energy, and how you can benefit from it, then you must visit How to Make a Solar Panel. Go to this site immediately: Making Solar Panels.For more information on how to build your own solar panels visit How Does Solar Energy Work.
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Wind Turbine Generators.

Bolstered by available federal stimulus dollars, we are seeing a virtual modern day 'land-rush'. In the words of one industry leader, 'if there is a site that has a viable wind profile, access to network connections, and access for delivery of materials, and we don't develop it, some one else will.'

This head long rush to install more and more wind turbines has outstripped the usual developmental learning curve, where new technologies mature by a process of trial and error, resulting in defining equipment suited for the job at hand.

The added economic pressure of today's market has made an already competitive market even more demanding. This has, in the view of many industry insiders, resulted in  purchasing decisions for equipment based largely on the lowest initial cost solutions and not  solutions that will provide the best choice in terms of total cost of ownership, network stability, less down time and lost revenue from high maintenance issues. This is nowhere as apparent as in the case of Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) transformers.

Historically this WTG transformer function has been handled by conventional, 'off the shelf' distribution transformers, but the relatively large numbers of recent failures would strongly suggest that WTG transformer designs need to be made substantially more robust. The practice of using  conventional 'off the shelf' distribution transformers as a low cost solution is folly. In some cases site operators are maintaining a quantity of spare transformers to combat the frequent outages caused by standard distribution transformers being used where they are not suitable.

The role of the Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) transformer in this process is critical and, as such, its design needs to be carefully and thoughtfully analyzed and reevaluated.

Transformer Loading:
Wind turbine output voltages range from 480 volts to 690 volts. The turbine output is transformed, by the WTG transformer, to a collector voltage of 13,800 to 46,000 volts.  The turbines are highly dependant upon local climatic conditions; and this can result in yearly average load factors as low as 35%. The relatively light loading of WTG transformer has a favorable effect on insulation life but introduces two unique and functionally significant problems.

The first problem is when lightly loaded or idle, the core losses become a more significant economic factor while the coil or winding losses become less significant.  Typically used  price evaluation formula do not apply to this scenario.  NEMA TP1 and DOE efficiencies are not modeled  for the operational scenario where average loading is near 30-35% and, consequently, should be cautiously applied when calculating the total cost of ownership for WTG transformers.

The second problem is that the WTG transformer is subjected to frequent  thermal cycling as a function of varying turbine loads. This causes repeated thermal stress on the winding, clamping structure, seals and gaskets. Repeated thermal cycling causes nitrogen gas to be absorbed into the hot oil and then released as the oil cools, forming bubbles within the oil which can migrate into the insulation and windings to create hot spots and partial discharges  which can damage insulation. The thermal cycling can also cause accelerated aging of internal and external electrical connections.

Harmonics and Non-Sinusoidal loads:
WTG transformers are switched with solid state controls to limit the inrush currents.  While potentially aiding in the initial energization, these same electronic controls contribute damaging harmonic voltages that, when coupled with the non-sinusoidal wave forms from the turbines, cannot be ignored from a heating point of view. When a rectifier/chopper system is used, the WTG transformer must be designed for harmonics similar to rectifier transformers, taking the additional loading into consideration as well as providing electrostatic shields  to prevent the transfer of harmonic frequencies between the primary and secondary windings.

Transformer sizing and voltage variation:
WTG transformers are designed such that the voltage is matched to the wind turbine's output voltage exactly. There is no 'designed in' over-voltage capacity to overcome voltage fluctuations which are a frequent problem with wind turbines. At the same time, the generator output current is monitored at millisecond intervals and the operational limits allow up to 5% over-current for 10 seconds before it is taken off the system.  Therefore, the WTG transformer  is designed to match the generator output with no overload sizing, and  the WTG transformer design must be uniquely robust to function without it.

Requirement to withstand Fault Currents:
Typically, conventional distribution transformers, power transformers, and other types of step-up transformers will 'drop out' when subjected to a fault. Once the fault has cleared, the distribution transformer is brought back on-line. Wind turbine generators, on the other hand, in order to maintain network stability are not allowed to disconnect from the system due to network disturbances except within certain guidelines developed for generating plants.  The length of time the generator is required to stay on line can vary. During this time the generator will continue to deliver an abnormally low voltage to the WTG  transformer. Therefore, during faults, the transformer may be required to carry as low as 15% rated voltage for a few cycles and then ramp back up to full volts a few seconds after fault clearing. The WTG transformer must be uniquely designed with enough 'ruggedness' to withstand full short circuit current during the initial few cycles when the maximum mechanical forces are exerted upon the WTG transformer windings.

Conclusions:
The role of WTG transformers in today's wind generation scheme is unique; it's design must be equally unique and robust. Don't trade long term reliability and lower total cost of ownership for low initial cost.

Pacific Crest Transformers is a leader in the design and construction of distribution transformer. Read more about transformers, WGT Transformers and related information at PCT.

Mike Dickinson began his carrier in transformer industry in 1972 at Pacific Crest Transformers. Currently Mike is in charge of Business Development at PCT .
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Wind Turbine Generators.

Home built wind turbine used to only be available in places with high wind speeds and a lot of space for the turbines, but that is changing as technology gets sleeker, smaller, and more efficient.  Now, you can have a wind turbine generator in your own backyard and use it to recharge solar batteries or to tide you through harsh winter winds with no sunlight to utilize your solar panels with.  Wind power can be used to power up your home on a cloudy day or used to store power in case of an emergency.  Although wind generators still cannot be solely used as a power source, being as there are very few places in the world with constant wind, they do make an excellent back up for other green sources of power like sunlight.

Wind generator turbines can be built at home if you are so inclined, or you can have a company build them for you.  They are generally composed of a tower with the blades to catch the wind.  The diameter of the blades determines how much power you’ll be able to get from the wind and thus how much you’ll be able to generate.  For a single household, the turbine does not have to be massive which makes it fairly straightforward to construct.

Wind generators combined with solar panels do make for good green energy; however, they are not a cheap source of energy as the batteries alone cost a great deal of money, as well as the materials to create the generator in the first place.  You’ll want to think very carefully about the reasons for going with wind power in the first place and whether you want to unhook yourself from the power grid of larger companies or not.  There is no such thing as a Homebuilt wind turbine that will be able to power all of your needs all of the time; it is best paired with another source of power and for this to happen, you may find it more economical to remain on the grid and use your wind generator to reduce the cost of your power monthly, not get rid of it altogether.

Home built wind turbines are growing in popularity though and the fact that many kits can be assembled at home appeals to a lot of people.  It’s a good way to get clean, renewable power to bolster other supplies of electricity, such as sun or simply power you get from a company.  If you think that wind power may be the way to go, it’s time to do a bit of research and start building a wind generator turbine of your own.

What to know about more on Home Built Wind Turbine ? visit at residential-windmills.newgreen-energy.net
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Wind Turbine Generators.

There are only a few major components that go into the construction of a wind turbine. These components are the blades and the generator. If you are wondering how to build a wind turbine, the first thing you need to learn is the construction of the generator.

The Wind Turbine Generator

While it is generally called a generator when it is powered by a gasoline or diesel engine, when you need to produce electricity via the wind, the common term is an alternator. There are many reasons for this, but we really do not have to go into them because it will just complicate things.

The wind turbine generator needs to be able to freely spin with very little friction. For this reason, most homemade turbines do not use a brush design. After all, this would make the process to complicated. Instead, we use permanent magnets to produce the power. The generator itself is composed of two flat disks. One disk is attached to the blades and spins freely while the other is attached to the mast and does not spin at all. Permanent magnets are mounted on the disk that rotates and the other one features wound coils which use the moving magnetic field of the first disk to create the power.

Placement of the magnets and coils on the two disks are important and will ultimately determine the output voltage, amperage and frequency. In order to reduce the friction, the coils and magnets are first mounted onto pieces of plywood that is then covered with epoxy resin. This also helps to reduce wear and tear on the components.

The coils are generally wound in at least 3 phases so as to reduce the amount of back EMF produced by the generator. This back EMF can prevent the wind turbine from spinning altogether.

The Wind Turbine Blades

For those who are wondering how to build a wind turbine, the most complicated portion of this task is the design and construction of the blades. Some people bypass this portion altogether and instead opt for purchasing commercially manufactured blades instead. The choice is up to you, but in order to get the highest efficiency as well as the greatest cost savings, choosing to design and build your own blades is an obvious choice.

The blades are responsible for converting the wind's lateral force into the rotational force necessary for powering the generator. The larger the surface are of the blades, the more efficient it is. With this said, if the surface of a blade is too large, then it may weigh too much and it is possible that any efficiency gains could be lost as a result of an increase in friction. Keep this in mind when you start your wind turbine project.

Learn a lot more about how to build a wind turbine right through this link.

David Harst is a renewable energy expert, who often writes online about solar and wind energy. Also check out this recommended YouTube video and article about a homemade wind generator, and wind turbine generator building here.
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Historical background in brief

People have been using wind power from the time immemorial.  
Originally they learnt to transform kinetic energy of wind stream into mechanical one. There appeared lots of different wind mills making men’s life much easier in those times.

An idea of a wind turbine for electric power generation using wind power started up around 100 years ago.

Inventors created wide range of various types of wind power generator designs:
- by axis (horizontal, vertical, inclined); 
- by number of blades (one, two, three and more);
- by capacity (from tens W to several MW);
- by blade design, by generator design etc.

But in an attempt to raise WTG’s capacity inventors faced new problems:

1. Mechanical properties of materials modern wind generators are made of become serious constraints due to the generators’ size and dynamic loads they bear. Further expanding capacity (size) of wind generators calls for application of the latest which means more expensive materials which is reflected on the rise of prices of generated power that are rather high even without that.
2. Wind generators of higher capacity require higher wind speeds. Nowadays it becomes more and more difficult to find areas for construction of wind farms but people require more and more power.

Today wind energy market grows up to 30% annually. But with wind power generation enthusiasts along there lately appear more and more skeptics. Wind power generation being clean and using renewable sources has number of substantial disadvantages: low quality of generated power, TV and radio signals interference, bad sound influence on fauna and need in additional reserve power generating capacities of traditional design etc.

More and more people being worried about negative trends in wind energy generation reasonably ask such questions as: What are the prospects of wind power generation? Will wind power generation take economically significant place in world economy? Will the investments in wind power generation be fruitful etc.?

World oil and gas market situation stimulates development of power generation using renewable sources. High price and low quality of such electric power does not make estimates of wind energy generation prospects more optimistic.

People need new reliable sources of electric power meeting following requirements of today’s life:
1. Low price of generated power
2. High quality of generated power
3. Power output should satisfy constantly growing demand
4. Clean power generation
One of the alternative power generation solutions meeting most of the requirements mentioned above is presented below.

Everything new is long forgotten old

Wind energy generation is fundamentally based on two elements: energy source (wind) and energy receiver (wind turbine generator).

Since first steps in wind power development and until now inventors have been improving energy receiver but energy source (wind) has been considered to be a gift of nature that is beyond any control.

In many ways it reflected in various disadvantages of modern wind power generation.

In technical system “wind – wind generator” both elements are equally important. 
Only control over all elements of a system allows reaching highest working efficiency. 
Improving energy receiver they dropped an idea of controlling wind for no need. But in vain!

Level of modern technical development allows arrangement of quite an effective control over such systems.

But wind power generation went the other way. At present all wind generators operate on the basis of the same principal: collecting energy of incoming air flow.

We decided to develop a brand new technical system which could allow controlling both energy source as well as energy receiver. Using men’s experience and knowledge in construction and operation of wind generators we can sufficiently increase their working efficiency by controlling of air flow parameters (energy source).

One of the results of our long year researches and tests is a tower wind turbine. It gives a possibility more or less to control all the elements of the system “wind – wind generator”.

Tower wind turbine consists of the following main elements: energy collecting device, generator, energy concentration device and control system.

Energy collecting device is designed as a vertical cylinder the walls of which are framed of profiles making end-to-end channels connecting outer side of the cylinder with its inner vertical channel (input convergent channels). Their aim is to “catch” incoming air flow and turn it vertically up along the vertical axis of the unit and to send it to generator blades.

Generator with blades is places inside the energy concentrating apparatus. Generator transforms kinetic energy of wind into electrical one.

Energy concentrating device is contractually designed as a vertical hollow tower inside dimensions of which converge in the central part where the generator is placed. Inner part of the tower is continuation of the vertical inner channel of the energy collecting device. Such design allows concentration of kinetic energy of wind on generator blades.

Control system (is not shown in the picture) provides timely opening of convergent channels of the tower from the side of the incoming wind and closing of all the other convergent channels.

What are principal differences between tower wind turbine and conventional wind generators, transforming energy of incoming air flow?

1. It allows controlling wind energy concentrating on generator blades. 
2. Rotor blades do not need to be “tuned” to wind. Vertical axis generator is fixed in the upper part of the unit. Wind is “tuned” to the generator itself owing to design of the energy collecting device.
3. Speed of wind rises significantly when it reaches generator blades. Design of the energy concentrating device allows raising wind speed in the inner vertical channel of the unit increasing its capacity accordingly.

Experimental tests of the unit models in aerodynamic tunnel showed growth of power output of the generator placed inside the tower more than 4 times, and at low wind speeds – more than 10 times.

To prove received results a 100:1 scale production prototype was constructed. Diagram of comparative tests is similar to laboratory tests diagram.

Analysis of received results shows significant efficiency growth of the generator placed inside the concentrating tower in comparison with wind generators of conventional design: 
- Wind initial velocity is 2 times lower;
- Rated wind speed is 2 times lower;
- Utilization factor of installed equipment can reach 0,6…0,7 (was calculated) ;
- Power output is 2-3 times higher;
- 5 times more energy is collected from wind stream area unit at all wind speed ranges, at low speeds – more than 10 times;
- Area of allotted land per unit of rated capacity of the TWT is the lowest among all types of generation.

Tower wind turbine concentrates wind energy on generator blades like a lens collecting sun light into the focus.

Design features of the TWT allow elimination of various disadvantages of conventional wind generators:
1. Noises and radiation harmful for people that can appear during operation of the generator of the TWT do not leave the tower as generator and blades are placed inside of it. Modern materials allow reduction and absorption of harmful noises and vibrations. For the same reason generator and blades of the TWT do not interfere TV and radio signals.  
2. TWT can not cause any injuries for birds. To prevent birds from getting onto generator blades one may place protective nets at the entry to the convergent channels. To avoid birds clashing into the TWT at night its outer surface is lighted. It could also improve tower’s appearance.

Future Outlook

Technical characteristics of the TWT surpass all the modern convention wind turbine generators using incoming air flow.

Tower wind turbine can be a worthy substitute for conventional wind turbine generators:
- TWT can work at low wind speeds. 
- TWT allows reaching larger power output. 
- TWT’s effectiveness is in no way lower than that of conventional power stations using carbon fuel such as: gas, coal, black and crude oil and its ecological cleanness has no analogues.  
- TWT becomes very effective in areas with low wind speeds. 
- Area of allotted land per unit of rated capacity of the TWT is the lowest among all types of generation
- Due to its compactness TWT can become an autonomous self-sufficient power source.  

Tower wind turbines today are world wind power generation of tomorrow: low production cost and high quality of ecologically clean energy.

Stanislav Gusak
Director of the R&D Enterprise ENERIS
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Wind Turbine Generators.

People have been using wind power from the time immemorial.  
Originally they learnt to transform kinetic energy of wind stream into mechanical one. There appeared lots of different wind mills making men’s life much easier in those times.
An idea of a wind turbine for electric power generation using wind power started up around 100 years ago.
Inventors created wide range of various types of wind power generator designs:
- by axis (horizontal, vertical, inclined); 
- by number of blades (one, two, three and more);
- by capacity (from tens W to several MW);
- by blade design, by generator design etc.
But in an attempt to raise WTG’s capacity inventors faced new problems: 
1. Mechanical properties of materials modern wind generators are made of become serious constraints due to the generators’ size and dynamic loads they bear. Further expanding capacity (size) of wind generators calls for application of the latest which means more expensive materials which is reflected on the rise of prices of generated power that are rather high even without that.
2. Wind generators of higher capacity require higher wind speeds. Nowadays it becomes more and more difficult to find areas for construction of wind farms but people require more and more power.  
Today wind energy market grows up to 30% annually. But with wind power generation enthusiasts along there lately appear more and more skeptics. Wind power generation being clean and using renewable sources has number of substantial disadvantages: low quality of generated power, TV and radio signals interference, bad sound influence on fauna and need in additional reserve power generating capacities of traditional design etc.
More and more people being worried about negative trends in wind energy generation reasonably ask such questions as: What are the prospects of wind power generation? Will wind power generation take economically significant place in world economy? Will the investments in wind power generation be fruitful etc.?
World oil and gas market situation stimulates development of power generation using renewable sources. High price and low quality of such electric power does not make estimates of wind energy generation prospects more optimistic.
People need new reliable sources of electric power meeting following requirements of today’s life:
1. Low price of generated power
2. High quality of generated power
3. Power output should satisfy constantly growing demand
4. Clean power generation
One of the alternative power generation solutions meeting most of the requirements mentioned above is presented below.

Everything new is long forgotten old

Wind energy generation is fundamentally based on two elements: energy source (wind) and energy receiver (wind turbine generator).
Since first steps in wind power development and until now inventors have been improving energy receiver but energy source (wind) has been considered to be a gift of nature that is beyond any control. 
In many ways it reflected in various disadvantages of modern wind power generation.
In technical system “wind – wind generator” both elements are equally important. 
Only control over all elements of a system allows reaching highest working efficiency. 
Improving energy receiver they dropped an idea of controlling wind for no need. But in vain! 
Level of modern technical development allows arrangement of quite an effective control over such systems. 
But wind power generation went the other way. At present all wind generators operate on the basis of the same principal: collecting energy of incoming air flow. 
We decided to develop a brand new technical system which could allow controlling both energy source as well as energy receiver. Using men’s experience and knowledge in construction and operation of wind generators we can sufficiently increase their working efficiency by controlling of air flow parameters (energy source). 
One of the results of our long year researches and tests is a tower wind turbine. It gives a possibility more or less to control all the elements of the system “wind – wind generator”. 
Tower wind turbine consists of the following main elements: energy collecting device, generator, energy concentration device and control system.

Energy collecting device is designed as a vertical cylinder the walls of which are framed of profiles making end-to-end channels connecting outer side of the cylinder with its inner vertical channel (input convergent channels). Their aim is to “catch” incoming air flow and turn it vertically up along the vertical axis of the unit and to send it to generator blades.

Generator with blades is places inside the energy concentrating apparatus. Generator transforms kinetic energy of wind into electrical one. 
Energy concentrating device is contractually designed as a vertical hollow tower inside dimensions of which converge in the central part where the generator is placed. Inner part of the tower is continuation of the vertical inner channel of the energy collecting device. Such design allows concentration of kinetic energy of wind on generator blades.
Control system (is not shown in the picture) provides timely opening of convergent channels of the tower from the side of the incoming wind and closing of all the other convergent channels.

What are principal differences between tower wind turbine and conventional wind generators, transforming energy of incoming air flow? 
1. It allows controlling wind energy concentrating on generator blades. 
2. Rotor blades do not need to be “tuned” to wind. Vertical axis generator is fixed in the upper part of the unit. Wind is “tuned” to the generator itself owing to design of the energy collecting device.
3. Speed of wind rises significantly when it reaches generator blades. Design of the energy concentrating device allows raising wind speed in the inner vertical channel of the unit increasing its capacity accordingly.  
Experimental tests of the unit models in aerodynamic tunnel showed growth of power output of the generator placed inside the tower more than 4 times, and at low wind speeds – more than 10 times.  
To prove received results a 100:1 scale production prototype was constructed. Diagram of
comparative tests (similar to laboratory tests diagram). 
Analysis of received results shows significant efficiency growth of the generator placed inside the concentrating tower in comparison with wind generators of conventional design: 
- Wind initial velocity is 2 times lower;
- Rated wind speed is 2 times lower;
- Utilization factor of installed equipment can reach 0,6…0,7 (was calculated) ;
- Power output is 2-3 times higher;
- 5 times more energy is collected from wind stream area unit at all wind speed ranges, at low speeds – more than 10 times;
- Area of allotted land per unit of rated capacity of the TWT is the lowest among all types of generation.
Tower wind turbine concentrates wind energy on generator blades like a lens collecting sun light into the focus.
Design features of the TWT allow elimination of various disadvantages of conventional wind generators:
1. Noises and radiation harmful for people that can appear during operation of the generator of the TWT do not leave the tower as generator and blades are placed inside of it. Modern materials allow reduction and absorption of harmful noises and vibrations. For the same reason generator and blades of the TWT do not interfere TV and radio signals.  
2. TWT can not cause any injuries for birds. To prevent birds from getting onto generator blades one may place protective nets at the entry to the convergent channels. To avoid birds clashing into the TWT at night its outer surface is lighted. It could also improve tower’s appearance.

Future Outlook

Technical characteristics of the TWT surpass all the modern convention wind turbine generators using incoming air flow.

Tower wind turbine can be a worthy substitute for conventional wind turbine generators.
- TWT can work at low wind speeds. 
- TWT allows reaching larger power output. 
- TWT’s effectiveness is in no way lower than that of conventional power stations using carbon fuel such as: gas, coal, black and crude oil and its ecological cleanness has no analogues.  
- TWT becomes very effective in areas with low wind speeds. 
- Area of allotted land per unit of rated capacity of the TWT is the lowest among all types of generation
- Due to its compactness TWT can become an autonomous self-sufficient power source.  

Tower wind turbines today are world wind power generation of tomorrow: low production cost and high quality of ecologically clean energy.

Stanislav Gusak
Director of R&D Enterprise ENERIS
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A wind turbine generator, at least in a horizontal axis wind turbine, is found in the nacelle. This is the portion of the turbine apparatus that is located directly behind the wind turbine blades. Some may also refer to this area as the gearbox. Usually, the generator is located at the very back of the nacelle, and is the farthest piece of equipment from the blade.

A wind turbine generator cannot generate very much electricity in and of itself. Larger generators can possibly generate a little more power, but they are not commonly found in wind turbines. The size of the wind turbine generator is limited by the size of the nacelle, and the weight at the top of the tower. Because of this, wind turbines are generally set up in large groups called "wind farms," or "windmill farms."

Although it specifically designed for use in a wind turbine, all generators work in much the same way. A current is produced using the principles of electromagnetism. The movement of magnets around a metal coil inside the generator, or the movement of a coil near a stationary set of magnets, produces a current of electricity, which can then be put to practical use. In the case of a wind power, the movement inside the wind turbine generator is generated by the turning of the blades.

This is different than what most generators will use to produce the movement that generates the electricity. For common household generators, the most common power source is gasoline, kerosene or diesel. A wind turbine generator is considered one of the cleanest forms of energy, simply because its power source burns no fossil fuels, creates no pollution, and is totally renewable.

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A wind turbine or home wind generator changes the energy in the wind called kinetic energy into mechanical energy by way of  rotating the wind generator blades with the wind action flowing across the surface of the wind blades.

There are two main types of wind turbine generator and they are horizontal and vertical turbines although they differ in design, the way they produce electricity is basically the same. Wind power generators are the same sort of design as the old windmills.

The wind blows against the blades of the wind turbine generator and creates friction. This friction causes the blades to turn or spin. The blades are connected to a shaft and by way of gearing, the shaft will turn a lot quicker than the blades and this is used to power an electric generator motor.

WHY -

The reason that so many home owners are searching the internet for ways to generate electricity at home is the fact that the cost of electricity is soaring and they hate paying ever increasing prices for their electricity.

It isn’t surprising the popularity of creating our own electricity at home will help reduce the need for fossil fuels and find wind power an effective alternative way for home-generated electricity.

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS -

The wind is everywhere and because of this, there is no need to mine our natural resources for fuel. The wind will never be exhausted as it is always being replaced by more wind. Wind has no by-products, uses any natural resources, emits no pollutants into the atmosphere, does not pollute the water with chemicals and has no waste.

There are no greenhouse gasses been released into the atmosphere and reducing the impact of global warming? In general the environment benefits with clean, fresh pollute free air quality which will have a positive impact on reducing the amount of health respiratory problems for all.

HOW TO BUILD A WIND TURBINE GENERATOR -

When you search the internet on how to build a home wind turbine generator, you will come across many sites promising how to reduce your electricity and save money each month but be very careful as most sites give useless data quoted from manufacturer manuals and no instructions on how to build –

And you will be hard pressed to find any commercial sites giving away free install and build plans.

The home made wind turbine generator has been designed and tested by renewable energy enthusiast who like you and me want to reduce their electricity and the impact on the environment.

The most important thing to remember is their wind generator can be made from local and cost effective material at a fraction of the costs of the commercial models. Also the build procedure can be easily and affordably completed by home owners with minimal experience and know how to create their own wind electricity.

WIND TURBINE GENERATOR PLANS -

The Manuals, guides or plans have a minimal cost to cover the cost of developing how to build a wind turbine generator at home. This is accomplished by joining the energy site as a member to be able to download the manuals and view the how to videos and receive the latest information.

Home wind power turbine generator will feed the electricity produced into a regulator or charge controller which controls and limits the input [amps] that the electric current is fed into your battery bank and reduce or stop any overcharging of the batteries for extended battery life.

After your battery bank is fully charged you will require an inverter. An inverter is a device that converts your battery bank power [D.C.] to domestic household power [A.C.]. The voltage will depend on your country.

You will be able to get your Manuals that will explain in great detail how to find all of the materials required for your actual home wind turbine generator construction and detailed step by step instructions from the internet.

You will also get detailed plans for a residential solar panel array construction and also where to find your batteries for your battery bank.

 Out of all of the renewable energy sources, power created from the wind is probably the most rapidly expanding way to produce electricity. Renewable wind energy is the obvious first choice and owning a home made wind turbine generator is a green alternative.

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Alternative energy wind power clearly has a very significant role in order to play in developing the sustainable conductivity future we so badly want. Wind power has attracted some negative press due in order to the impact on the environment and that it may contain.

Wind turbine generator designs contain historically utilised a modular formation with a generator, gearbox plus main shaft.

Wind Turbine Generator Total Height: Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Rotors: The area between the ground as well as the highest point of the wind turbine generator, in addition to the length by what the rotor wind vanes or blades mounted on a horizontal axis wind turbine rotor exceeds the height of a wind turbine generator.

Wind turbine generator systems incorporating a multi-speed pole amplitude modulated type generator electric machine allowing economical activity at consecutive speeds in a ratio preferably less than 2:1.

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) released a request for proposals (RFP) on December 1 for the development of offshore wind power projects in the New York State waters of Lake Erie in addition to Lake Ontario.

The environmental impact of resource depletion calls for moreover very smart ways of convert renewable sources into useful generated power. A class 3 wind resource, what is not unorthodox throughout much of the United States, is the minimum level suitable for wind most wind turbine applications.

The LMP/FTR system has deprived [public power entities] of their ability to plan with any certainty for new long-term production resources that would require transmission service, e. g. , development of or participation in a new producing resource (including environmentally desirable resources such as wind generation), or execution of long-term power contribute contracts with suppliers that require the buyer in order to assume the risk of transmission service.

On the 18th January thirty school children descended on the Houses of Parliament prior to showcase triumphant examples of renewable energy wind turbines.

moreover recently continuously variable or multi-speed wind turbine generators involve been mentioned. For example, variable speed production may be achieved through apply of a variable frequency alternating current generator followed by a rectifier plus an inverter.

With the wind turbine generator of the present invention, an in-nacelle cooling air outlet that opens in the direction of the anemoscope/anemometer is provided at the top of the nacelle, plus the air outlet has a blowing-direction changing device for the cooling air.

Alternative energy wind power clearly has a greatly significant role to play in developing the sustainable conductivity future we so badly demand. Wind power has attracted some negative press due to the impact on the environment what it may involve. Since alternative energy wind power technologies are developing, the financial incentives are changing as well. lower your generated power expenses in addition to check out how at my free public Information Blog. Homemade Wind Turbine Generators are easy prior to build! Check it out now!
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The idea of installing wind turbine revolves around money, to save your electricity bill it is the best alternative. If you are planning to setup wind turbine then you have to follow many steps. Basically first you need to learn how a wind turbine generator is made.

There are two main components to a wind turbine generator. The first component is very common to us, i.e. the generator which produces power which you can use at your home and the second component are the blades which are responsible for transforming the wing energy into a revolving force to drive the generator.

Now we see how the wind turbine works: Before understanding the working, first we discuss the types of the wind turbines. There are two main types of wind turbines – horizontal and vertical, both the turbines use the wind in the different ways to generate power.

Horizontal turbines are the most common and use angled propeller types blades to create friction when facing the wind, results in spinning motion. Whereas, the vertical turbine spins the wind at a centre position on the ground, results in spinning motion. The process for generating electricity is similar in both designs. The more wind the blades can catch, the more power the generator is capable of producing.

In order to catch more wind two factors to be followed. Firstly, the size of the blade has to be taken into account, larger the size more wind can be captured and secondly, is the shape of the blade. Both factors play an important role in generating electrical energy.

All and all wind power is a very good source of renewable energy, still a large number of people prefer the ease and consistency of solar panels, when choosing a renewable energy source from their home.

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Here is why you should build your very own home made wind turbine:

Here are the top two benefits to making a home made wind turbine; saving money on bills and help save the environment. But wait that is not all, below you will find the most important benefit to making your own wind turbine at home:

Building your own home made wind turbine has to a great benefit over ordering a wind power system. The real problem with doing this is that you will have to spend up to $1000 dollars and even up to $10,000 dollars probably even more too. By spending anywhere from $1000 to $10000 dollars it could take year before it actually pays for itself. So that is why you would want to create your own wind turbine, you will save a lot of money plus it will cost a fraction of purchasing a wind power unit.

Here are some basic steps that you could use to create a home made wind turbine system:

1. Take the propellers off the flower. With the propeller of, it will be used to spin the axle. Use a propeller from a larger pinwheel floor will work the best.

2. Put the spools between the plastic sheets and then glue them on. Then you have to place the small spools at the corners of the plastic sheet. Super glue will work the best here, once super glued let it dry. This will serve as the casing for the wind turbine generator.

3. be sure to measure the metal rod before you drill holes into the plastic. The hole that you drilled will be just for the metal rod. Be sure that the holes are perfectly aligned on both sides of the sheet. When you get the hole in perfectly aligned you can then place the metal rod through them.

4. Put the magnets in the casing. Here is something that is very important; you have to have enough room for them to rotate freely around the axle that is spinning the magnets, if you do not do this it will not work. Attach the magnets together with spacers. If you see that you don't have enough room between the spacers to insert the axle, then the magnet will not work to generate electric current when the axle spins.

5. Then put the rod into the hole, after you have done that wrap wire around the generator. This is important part; wrap the wire around the casing about 225 to 300 times.

6. After you have done that, attach the propeller to the axle. Make sure that the propellers are large enough to catch the wind. Then you have to place the propeller on a metal rod, use super glue again to attach them together.

7. Remove the insulation from the wire. Then after you have done that, attach the lead to the end of a low voltage and amperage light bulb.

8. Once you have this finished, place the wind turbine that you just built in the breeze of the wind. You are doing this to see if it will provide enough power to light the bulb. But if there is not enough wind speed the make the wind turbine spin, and then just turn the propellers manually to see if it works.

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This DIY wind turbine blade is hooked to a 180 Volt Leeson 3.8 Amp Permanent Magnet Electric Motor acting as a generator. Maximum voltage recorded at ground level was 27 volts. Maximum Watts produced was 43 watts. Having a diy wind turbine, you are producing improvements inside your life for the long term. Undoubtedly, because petroleum is definitely a non-renewable source, it will run out, and you'll be ready when that time comes.

Building a regular 1000 watt DIY wind turbine will have to have magnet disks and coils as key elements. The permanent magnet alternator generates three-phase AC which is then rectified to DC and aligned to a charge controller. Wind turbines want to be big in relation to the power they produce because they only work effectively with thin air. The average-sized modern property ought to be powered by a turbine with blades spanning 5 meters tip to tip. In the trade this is known as 'rotor diameter'.

Wind turbines are not challenging to function, and they do not expense a good deal. To be capable of build your DIY wind turbine, you will only will need to have the basic tools that can be discovered inside the common garage, along with a number of hundred dollars for the whole device. You could possibly even require much less cash should you come across what you want at a recycling facility.

There are commercially made wind turbines but these sell for an remarkable cost of $750 to over $1000 every. With a diy wind turbine, you'll be capable of spend about 15% or much less than $200 for every turbine as lengthy as you get the correct instructions and supplies. The beauty of a diy project is that you've got the liberty to replace certain parts and improvise. The wind may be the cheapest form of green energy. Having it supplied anyplace generating it less difficult for property owners to make use of DIY wind turbine generator as a renewable source of energy.

With the rapid increase in interest surrounding renewable energy more than recent years, we have produced a range of modest scale wind turbines for home/work purposes, suitable for a lot of applications. It struck us that most DIY wind turbine kits rely on the user carving their own blades, or winding their very own generators, and this simply puts most individuals off. We realise that not every DIY enthusiast has access to welding equipment or other specialized gear required to fabricate the parts generally connected with creating a profitable and dependable wind turbine. It is for these factors that we have created these turbines.

Lots of sites present you ample info on the procedure of setting up a windmill. It is not a difficult point to do. All you might have to do would be to adhere to the uncomplicated instructions provided inside the installation kit. Hopefully you have to now have the capacity to basically create a wind generator with these DIY wind turbine instructions.

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If you are looking for wind turbine manufacturers, you want to be sure that you use one that will help you with regard to questions you may have about what size tower and wind turbine generator you need.  They can also help you with questions that you have with regard to installing one of these devices.  Many people today are seeing the value of using wind turbines as a way to save on electricity in a green way.  This is clearly the way of the future, especially for those who live in areas that may be rural. 

The size of the wind turbine generator that you use depends upon how much power you wish to generate with this energy device.  When you are looking for wind turbine manufacturers, you will want to make sure that you find one that has several options from which to choose.  You can then decide which will work best for you.  If you have a small amount of property, for example, then you can use a smaller tower.  In some cases, you may wish to have several generators, depending on the size and use of the property. 

Wind turbine manufacturers can also tell you all about these turbines and how they are used to generate power.  Many people will use a wind turbine generator as a back up for electrical failures.  They can do everything from run a television set to getting the appliances going in the house. 

If you check out wind turbine manufacturers as well as a new wind turbine generator, you will see that they do not look as they did in the past.  Most people recall windmills and other wind turbines that were commonly used on farms years ago.  Today, the wind turbines have been streamlined to make them more efficient.  The wind turbine generator aspect has also been made to allow for more wind power. 

You can take a look online for the best wind turbine manufacturers.  If you are looking for the best way to get energy, really green energy, to your home or farm, then this is the way to do so.  Whether you are looking for wind turbines for a wind farm or if you just want one as an  energy generator for your home, you can find what you are looking for when you take a look online.  These are not commonly sold in  the stores near you, however, you can easily find them when you shop on the internet.  You can also get all of your questions answered regarding how the wind turbine generator will work for you in this way. 

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