What are the costs involved with wind generated power?
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1000 watt system with turbine, charger, tower, batteries, inverter......$5000\nYou can make a system cost more or less.\nIf you are on the grid, dont bother.\nMIKE
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Visit www.windfile.com
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It's a simple matter of adding up the power required by everything, EVERYTHING, you want connect to your supply.\n\nMachines, tools, heating, cooling/air conditioning, ventilation fans, lighting, computers, printers, copiers, telephones, fax machines, answering machines, refirgerators, freezers, water coolers, security devices, etc, etc, etc.\n\nChoose a generator with a capacity at least a bit greater than your total load, but preferably quite a bit more to allow for future load increase.
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There definitely is no simple answer to this question, because a hydro electric power plant is not a small project. Like any big project, its costs would depend on the scale, the cost of materials, the design etc.
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how about looking at wind generators online and seeing how much power they generate.
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There is a lot of possibilities starting from the simplest one which is wind generator.  More complicated would be water generation where a usually dam is build and potential energy of the water accumulated behind the dam moves water through turbines and generates power. Some other may include thermal energy of the earth. If you drill deep enough you will get to the earth crust zone where temperature is high to produce steam and this steam is converted (generated) into the electric power. Ocean waves are also source to generate energy.
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Windmills are the best solution right now for renewable energy.  Hydroelectric plants destroy the environment much more then building windmills does, solar cells are toxic to make, and degrade after a few years.  To build a 400MW natural gas power plant and 400 MW worth of windmills (roughly 200 of them) costs almost the exact same amount of money.  Once the windmills are built, they require no fuel, and minimal maintainance.  On the other hand, a natural gas power plant is only operational about 2/3s of the time due to the need to maintain the very precise and expensive turbines, boilers, etc.  \n\nwhen people say windmills are an eyesore, putting them ~ 10 miles off the coast wont ruin anyones view, at 10 miles they will look like ripples on the surface of the water.  We have miles and miles of farmland that we could use in the middle of the country (not because there's lots of space there but the flat ground right after the mountains is ideal for windmills), given the relative footprint of a windmill, it wouldn't be a huge loss.  On top of that, by placing windmill on top of skyscrapers (if any of you have stood on an observation deck its always windy - and the structure is already there - you just have to go up a little higher)  the building would generate its own electricity, as well as then provide power to the grid.  \n\nThe downside of windmills is that they aren't efficient to put everywhere, so electricty transmission can become an issue.\nI dont know how many people have actually stood next to one of the bigger windmills, I find them rather aesthetically pleasing.
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Get a Small DC Motor with Two Wires, and an LED from Radio Shack, then, figure out a way to put a small fan blade on it, and put a small Electric Fan in front of it, blowing Air onto Your small Fan to turn the Motor to demonstrate how a Windmill could power a Generator, and produce Electricity.
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I don't know, but if you find one, let me know so I can move there.  I wish to integrate all of these into my new home but the cost is unbelievable.  The wind turbines will cost 20k and the solar panels around 30k.  I haven't even begun to look into the waste system yet.  Electric companies only buy and sell electricity and service the delivery equipment.  Look at the logo on the sides of their trucks...they are all the same logo, just a different name.  What a wonderful world.  haha
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solar/wind power and electric vehicles. natural, renewable, no pollution, and noone has a monopoly on sunlight and wind.
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Assuming you're in the UK then it varies depending on whether you pay as you go (key meter) or are billed monthly or quarterly.  It also varies as between suppliers.\n\nHowever as a general guide EDF (Formerly London Electricity) charge 15.11p per day as a standing charge and 9.60p per KW hour for the electricity you use.  \n\nIf one forgets the 15.11p daily charge then burning 10 100 watt light bulbs for one hour will cost you 9.60p.  Which is the same as having used 1000 watts of electricity.
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Your previous question asked about running a 200 hp machine, not a generator. He was suggesting utilizing a back up generator to run your machine when you lose power. You said nothing about cutting costs.
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Nothing is free.  Converting the entire energy grid to alternative fuel sources would be expensive and in some cases would require that enormous batteries be constructed to store power and distribute it during times when the alterate resource is not available (i.e when the sun stops shining on a solar power field).  We've also become accustomed to consuming a great deal of electricity and the ammount of solar, wind and other plants needed would be enormous (I'm not saying it's not well worth the effort, but studies show it won't be as quick or clean as some would lead you to believe).
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http://www.kansaswindpower.net/used_wind_generators.htm  \n  http://www.nwpwr.com/products/wind/lakota.htm  \n  http://www.mikeswindmillshop.com/wgenerators.html
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http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1986_July_August/The_Basement_Built_Wind_Generator\n\nthis might help
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The first step to energy independance is to reduce to an absolute minimum.  Having electric wires coming into our homes, we have become used to unlimited energy availability.  Find ways to maximize efficiency and minimize the amount of energy required.\n\nThe only reasonable budget I've seen from someone installing a full off grid system was in a house which was far from the existing power lines.  The cost to run poles and wires was on the order of $15000.  That immediately created an option for solar / wind and off grid independance.  The home owner installed solar panels for heat and battery charging.  A wind turbine supplemented the photovoltaic system.  He budgeted energy consumption and purchased very efficient appliances.  In the end his total energy created was just slightly over calculated requirements.\n\nIf you are entering this project with dreams of living forever with free unlimited electricity you will be sadly disappointed.  The equipment and installation is expensive.  The amount of energy being created is greatly limited and you will have to cut back greatly.  You will learn not to leave the television on with no one in the room.  No more lights on in every room either.\n\nIt is a very positive project, and absolutely worthwhile.  I'm working on a small wind turbine project.  It will consist of a 800 watt generator mounted on top of an 80 foot guyed tower.  Right now it's tied up in municipal permits and other nonsense.  In the end I hope to generate about 10% of my household electrical requirements.  Payback time, assuming no downtime, maintenance or repairs will be about 12 years.  Clearly it is not a money saving investment.  I view it as a hobby to learn with and explore.  I could blow an equal amount of money in a few months on cigarettes or beer and have nothing to show for it in the end.  My justification for the money spent is to have fun with it.\n\nHave a look at the project as it has proceeded so far.  I have the wiring diagram, charge controller circuit, pictures of foundations, and so on online.  Contact information is there as well.\n\nhttp://members.rennlist.org/warren/wind.html\n\nGood luck with your project!
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Wind Generator:\nA wind turbine is a machine for converting the mechanical energy in wind into electrical energy. If the mechanical energy is then converted to electricity, the machine is called a wind generator.\n\ncheck out the following: