wind turbines

[easy-lift guy]

If you enjoy any birds in the path of the wind turbine you may wish to reconsider mainly because birds+wind turbines= dead birds. You may generate enough to support the investment but you really have to do your homework on this one. Good Hunting.

elg

[David Goss]

I heard that the wind turbines are a waste of money, your best with solar panels. The turbines take 10 times longer to pay for themselves than the panels or something like that.

[Lorry thompson]

Same here David but heard the farmers renting land out for the big turbines are doing sweet

[zeroluke]

yes but its the renting part, not actually using one to power yourself part. Turbines might be ok if you ran your electricals off a 12 volt system like on canal boats or a caravan / mobile home. However if its 240 of the finest, I'd scrap the wind turbine in favor of solar, or maybe a hydro turbine if you've a river or large stream, but that'd be a pain in the arse to do with planning and making a mill pond, though maybe fun

[Lorry thompson]

Like I say though farmer I know gets rent for turbines and reduced bills if not free;)

[Frank]

A chap that some of you may know of from the Arb world wrote a book about producing your own Electricity.

 

Available on Amazon for less than a tenner. Get it bought Johnny.

 

 

Wind & Solar Electricity: A Practical DIY Guide (Paperback)

By Andy Reynolds

[likeitorlumpit]

I know a guy who works for a company that install them- I mean big business

They go all over including France where they put them up in forests that have power lines running through them. They don't touch solar.

I believe we will see a reaction to all this as the public start to understand that they are subsidising these installations to the tune of billions.

I mean 42 pence per unit for production- who pays that for their leccy:thumbdown:

But by all means go get it- while you still can:thumbup1:

[East Anglian landscaping]

We got 2 in our yard cost us 3 cups of tea and a bit of cake saves us about a grand a year

[Johny Walker]

We got 2 in our yard cost us 3 cups of tea and a bit of cake saves us about a grand a year

 

what size are they ,how much power do they generate,any pics ,

cheers

[renewablejohn]

We have a 250kw turbine going through planning at the moment.