WIND turbines typically spin from tall towers on hills and plains. But in these green times, some companies hope smaller turbines will soon rise above a more domestic spot: homes and garages. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The story of local wind turbines is interesting and somewhat novel. The scheme allows local financing, and local sites lessen any need for nationwide power grids.
My uncle had a wind turbine on his farm in the North Dakota plains in the 1930s. It is still a good idea. I would like to investigate mounting them on some of our big firs and cedars here in the Northwest. And I would like to see eased/simplified electrical codes to allow use of low voltage DC power alternatives in houses, to avoid the power losses in transformers.
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