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Sustainability News: Backyard Wind Turbines Get Affordable

    * Wind power in the backyard
      By PRACHI PATEL-PREDD
      Environmental Science & Technology, 2/7/2007
      Straight to the Source

Homeowners will soon be able to generate clean power in their yards while
reducing electricity bills, thanks to a small, quiet, and affordable wind
turbine developed by Arizona-based Southwest Windpower (company website).
The company designed the turbine in collaboration with the U.S. Department
of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has 120 orders already,
and expects to sell 1500 units later this year.

The turbine can be designed with a tower as short as 35 feet. It delivers
1.8 kilowatts of power and gives best results when installed on a property
of greater than 0.5 acre with wind speeds above 10 miles per hour, the
manufacturer says. The costs of the turbine plus installation fees add up
to $9,000–12,000, about half the price of other similar-sized wind
generators.

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