| Title | Small Wind Electric Systems: A U.S. Consumer's Guide |
| Description | The handbook 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 or business based on their wind resource, energy needs, and their economics. Topics discussed in the guide 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, and whether it's possible to become independent of the utility grid using wind energy. |
| File Name | |
| Product Type | Handbook/Sourcebook |
| URL | http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/42005.pdf |
| Num of Pages | 27 |
| Document Size | 1.4 MB |
| First Received | 2/26/2009 12:00:00 AM |
| Program Name | Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program |
| Keywords | wind energy; distributed wind; small wind; homeowners; landowners; residential applications; product information; windmill; wind mill; wind power; wind turbine;Wind, Wind & Hydropower |
| Print Date | 8/1/2007 12:00:00 AM |
| Product ID | 3575 |
