subject: Wind Energy Turbines: 3 Reasons You Need To Consider Them [print this page] Wind energy turbines are becoming extremely popular due to the increases in power costs most of the country is experiencing. More and more people are looking into personal power production as a way of offsetting expensive utility-supplied power.
Utility supplied power is of course driven by fossil fuels that we are most certainly running out of. If that's not enough reason to make a move, then pay attention to the strong advantages of wind energy turbines from a mechanical and cost standpoint.
The three most compelling reasons you need to seriously consider them are
Free energy - Free power for life can drastically change your finances. More and more of our paychecks are having to be devoted to utilities nowadays and most of that increase is in electricity costs.
Easy to implement - Wind energy turbines are very easy for the average at home do-it-yourself handyman or woman. That is one of the strongest advantages of the wind turbine - it is easy to intuitively understand and implement. In most cases, it is as easy as ordering the proper turbine for your particular property, assembling the parts, and then installing it in the proper location. The only thing that you might need help with, unless you have electrical background experience, is the hookup to your electrical system, or grid tie portion of the project. If you are just charging a set of batteries that is usually within the capabilities of most do-it-yourselfers.
Virtually maintenance free - There is just not much to do after you install the device. The replacements are the wear points and that means primarily the wind turbine blades. As long as you match the blade design parameters, you can usually find aftermarket blades that are a lot more efficient than the ones that came with the original equipment, too. As more and more companies get involved in the wind turbine aftermarket, there will be options available for placing your original equipment blades with much better products, using lighter materials that will catch the wind that even a slower speed.
Wind energy turbines are the wave of the future in a sea of utility-supplied power that is becoming more and more expensive. We all know that fossil fuel energy that supplies our power plants is going up in price. As supplies diminish worldwide we know that that will have a negative impact, raising their price. That is the less we have, the more will cost us. Wind turbines offer a hedge against a future where power from a public utility could almost too expensive to buy.
