Perfect for teaching kids about the incredible science behind wind power, this mini turbine kit is the ultimate educational tool! The completed wind turbine stands about 12″ tall. The wind educational kit comes with a circuit board that lets you switch between steady-on and flashing LEDs and a musical tone – or, connect the leads [...]

Power your entire home, cabin or workshop with this super quiet wind turbine. It delivers an incredible 3000 Watts of power at 24 MPH. The Southwest WindPower Whisper 500 Wind Turbine kit comes with a controller to protect the turbine. It provides 538 kW per month in a 12 MPH average wind and works in [...]

Calmac has come up with a storage system called IceBank that uses the energy generated at off-peak night-time hours to make ice. That stored ice is then used for cooling purposes during high-demand daytime hours. Reducing the peak daytime demand for electricity can cut cooling costs 20-40%, source energy and emissions are reduced and construction [...]

Cell phone company Core Communications will start to use small vertical-axis wind turbines to power their cell phone towers. Core will use turbines from Helix Wind that can generate electricity in winds as slow as 10 mph. The turbines will power the towers and any extra electricity will be sold to the grid. giving Core [...]

Adding to the 50 wind farms are currently in operation around Australia, Capital Wind Farm was officially launched by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, NSW Premier Nathan Rees and Minister for Climate Change, Senator Penny Wong. The Capital Wind Farm is the largest wind farm in New South Wales. It will boost Australia’s wind power [...]

The BWC 1500 is a modern 10 feet diameter 1,500 Watt wind turbine designed for high reliability, low maintenance, and automatic operation in adverse weather conditions. It is available in both battery charging and water pumping versions. It is built much more ruggedly than most other turbines of its size and it carries the longest [...]

The Maldives announced plans this week to build a wind farm that can supply 40% of its electricity needs. This is all part of the low-lying country’s pledge to become the world’s first carbon neutral nation. The plan is intended to inspire other countries to make similar commitments to renewable energy and to cutting emissions [...]

How much does it cost to build your own wind turbine? And if you don’t want to build it, how much does a commercial wind turbine cost? Great questions. Large commercial wind turbines can cost up to two million dollars, so unless you have A LOT of money, you might want to opt for something [...]