Before setting up wind turbine it is generally good idea to make sure how much wind is actually blowing in your area. Small wind generators typically start up with wind at around 2,5 m/s and reach their rated output at windspeeds of around 12-13 m/s. I found world wind maps and based on this data my location looks quite promising, having average winds 5-10 m/s. From other hand, when looking detailed estonian wind map the average windspeed is not so promising at all and averages to 3,5m/s.
To get adequate information about wind speed adjusted to local conditions wind speed should me measured. Cheapest anemometers can be bought around $60 but i found great proffessional weatherstations including anemometers . These cost from $160 but can be bought cheaper from ebay etc. Some models from La Crosse Technology feature possibility to upload weather data do websites in realtime.
Most probably i will get myself one of these as soon as i have found the right model and found the place where it can be bought cheap.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Thank you for the blog~ very interesting.
ReplyDelete