Description: Residential Wind Turbine, Mono Tower Kit.
I have read extensively about these Sky Stream wind generator. If my husband and I could afford it we would already have purchased one. Here in MN we get plenty of wind and could put this to good use. My step son is a Master Electrician and he highly recommends these. If you have a bit of acreage and neighbors who don't mind, not to mention $30,000-40,000 extra you too could own one. I wish they would make them more budget friendly.
James E. says:
Hi Susan,
Check out this small scale wind generator. I'm not sure it is out of the experimental stages, but it looks like they are specifically engineering this to be for homes and buildings on a smaller scale. It's also very inspirational. The guy who created this, Bil Beker, was a student of Bucky Fuller. Here's the link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iPuWSBYMWqg&watch_response
Also interesting....I'm reading a lot about neighbors who chip in to buy the larger more expensive wind turbines, like the one you reviewed, and it generates enough power to power several homes and still sell electricity back to the grid.
Local power generation definitely seems to be the future.