wind power for living green
Living green, leading an eco-friendly lifestyle is a fashion and trend! Of course it saves us money too! As we all know, wind power technology as with Solar power is a viable green, alternative energy resource. We now introduce wind energy for going green with our home.
With wind energy, we can save money over the long term. And unlike conventional fossil fuels, wind energy produce little or no carbon dioxide (CO2), which is a harmful gas and one of the biggest causes of climate change now.
Living green with wind energy sounds great! But we need to pay attention to some points. Wind speed will affect the amount of energy produced. But wind speed will increase with height.
The small wind turbines can be roof mounted for having a green home.
Below shows that wind turbine roof mounted:
But how do this small wind turbines work?
Wind blowing over the small wind turbine blades causes them to rotate, which spin a shaft within the turbine structure. The shaft drives a generator to produce electricity. Then the electricity is either used directly or stored in batteries.
In fact most household wind turbines generate direct current (DC) electricity. An inverter is applied, turns this direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC) electricity. AC electricity is normally used in the home. Some remote areas, which are off the main electricity grid, can use a stand-alone small wind turbine system, also known as an 'off-grid' system. Off-grid wind power systems use the electricity produced by the turbine to charge up banks of batteries.
Generally a 2.5kW wind turbine would be able to generate almost the same amount of electricity that a typical household consumes in a year.
