Useful wind energy links

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GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY NEWS

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com

http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/assets/newsletter/

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Multi Rotor Wind Turbines

http://www.buildingmountedturbines.com/

http://www.selsam.com/

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005...m_multirot.php

http://www.speakerfactory.net/wind.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_wind_turbines

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6 Megawatt Wind Turbine

http://www.enercon.de/en/e112.htm

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http://www.ace.mmu.ac.uk/eae/Climate...ing_Winds.html

Prevailing Winds

The direction of wind is measured in terms of where the air is coming from. A northerly wind blows air from north to south. A southwesterly wind blows air from the southwest to the northeast.

The prevailing wind is the wind that blows most frequently across a particularly region. Different regions on Earth have different prevailing wind directions which are dependent upon the nature of the general circulation of the atmosphere and the latitudinal wind zones.

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Wind Power Terms Glossary

http://www.otherpower.com/glossary.html

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Multiple Rotors: A High Efficiency Windmill Design - Experiments Results

http://www.virtualsciencefair.org/20...tml/index.html

" The results show that multiple rotors operated at lower wind speeds and had a higher conversion efficiency "

"Adding a second rotor produced the largest increase (over 2000 %) in electricity generated. "

"My results suggest that the overall efficiency of windmills could be substantially increased through the addition of a second rotor."

"My engineering objectives were to design and build a multiple rotor, horizontal axis, laboratory scale windmill that could be coupled to the axle of various sizes of DC motors. The scale model was used to determine the effect of different rotor attributes (number, size, distance apart and orientation of the rotors) and size of DC motor on the resulting mAmps and mVolts generated. The rotor arrangement and motor that produced the most electrical energy output was identified. "

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Directory:Home Generation:Wind Turbine

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directo...n:Wind_Turbine

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Small Turbine Entrepreneurs Web Site Listing

http://www.windmission.dk/workshop/wind%20sites.html

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http://eduhosting.org/windpics/myths.html

http://eduhosting.org/windpics/wgcomp.html

http://eduhosting.org/windpics/wghome.html

TEN MYTHS THAT PREVENT PEOPLE FROM INSTALLING WIND GENERATORS AND BECOMING ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT

" It is no surprise to learn that like most 'new' technologies, the wind power industry is full of myths and misconceptions. While the technology of making power from wind is an ancient one, with improvements in equipment in recent times and wide spread availablity of inexpensive gear, the technology is affordable and very easy to install and integrate into your home and life, making self-sufficiency an attainable goal for many people who never imagined they could 'unplug' from the grid. "

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For those that are interested in building their own wind turbines and I mean really building them from scratch, here are a few good links;

http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind.html

http://scoraigwind.com/

http://www.windstuffnow.com/

http://www.gotwind.org/index.htm

http://www.windchasers.ca/

http://www.wind-is-free.co.uk/

http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/default.asp

http://www.smallwind.co.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-density_fibreboard

http://www.reuk.co.uk/PVC-Wind-Turbine-Blades.htm
http://www.reuk.co.uk/

http://poormansguides.com/index3.htm
http://poormansguides.com/

http://www.homepower.com/