A small wind electric system will work for you if:

• There is enough wind where you live
  
• Tall towers are allowed in your neighborhood or rural area
  
• You have enough space
  
• You can determine how much electricity you need or want to produce
  
• It works for you economically.

Why Should I Choose Wind?

Wind energy systems are one of the most cost-effective home-based renewable energy systems. Depending on your wind resource, a small wind energy system can lower your electricity bill by 50% to 90%, help you avoid the high costs of extending utility power lines to remote locations, prevent power interruptions, and it is nonpolluting.

How Do Wind Turbines Work?

Wind is created by the unequal heating of the Earth's surface by the sun. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy in wind into mechanical power that runs a generator to produce clean electricity. Today's turbines are versatile modular sources of electricity. Their blades are aerodynamically
designed to capture the maximum energy from the wind. The wind turns the blades, which spin a shaft connected to a generator that makes electricity.