Small Wind Electric Systems: A Kansas Consumer's Guide
Source: U.S. Department of Energy
Type: Guide
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Small Wind Electric Systems: A Kansas Consumer's Guide provides consumers with information to help them determine whether a small wind electric system can provide all or a portion of the energy they need for their home based on their wind resource, energy needs and their economics. Topics include:
- How to make a home more energy efficient
- How to choose the correct turbine size
- The parts of a wind electric system
- How to determine whether enough wind resource exists
- How to choose the best site for a turbine
- How to connect a system to the utility grid
- Whether it's possible to become independent of the utility grid using wind energy
Explore whether or not a residential wind turbine system would be a good fit for your green efforts.
