![]() Micro-turbines or Mid-size turbines being explored:Ī 2006 Grant Award from the U.S. ![]() Sites being evaluated include: 3200 Biddle Building, Power Plant, BASF Chemical, American Legion Hall, other city and municipally-owned buildings, and key customer sites, as feasible. The planning and installation of micro-wind turbine demonstration sites. The new project scope will include the following wind projects: The grants were thought to be lost until the end of 2012 when a new DOE project manager was assigned to our account and has proceeded to work with WMS to redevelop the scope of the project and allow a much broader use of these funds. After several years of investigation, it was concluded that utility size wind was not possible in Wyandotte. The Thumb area offered one distinct advantage using Great Lakes ships to transport the huge blades more economically to turbine farms in several Midwestern states.Reworked ‘Wind on Brownfields’ to expanded program under WIRES 2 - Back in 20 Wyandotte Municipal Services received two earmark grants for ‘Wind on Brownfields’. The contract went to Iowa, where the closed Amana appliance plant fit the need for a large manufacturing facility to produce turbine blades with production line efficiency. On the subject of benefiting from wind turbines, the Thumb area lost out on a great opportunity to manufacture huge carbon-fiber turbine blades for the thousands of new wind turbines on order. Noise and appearance are the two major complaints from neighbors who arent benefiting from this cheap source of power. Wind turbines are also unpopular with many people, as we have seen here in Huron County. ![]() Solar panels, on the other hand, are welcome virtually anywhere. The only problem with using wind generators at the present time is the lack of codes and established procedures by local governments across the country. ![]() estimates that a wind turbine can save a home owner $600 or more a year when compared to solar power generation. Using solar panels to produce the same amount of electricity would run about 18 cents a kw. He figures the cost of the energy produced at about 10 cents a kw. This has dropped his monthly electric bill by $400 or more. On a slightly larger scale, a small ranch owner in a more rural section of the Bay installed a 5 kilowatt (kw) wind turbine atop a 100-foot tower. Windterra has opened a sales office in the Bay area and has plans to open more offices across the USA if all goes well. This unit is not your classic wind mill atop a tall tower, but a horizontal bladed turbine with a vertical axis three wide paddles in a box-like frame. One interesting twist to this Bay area wind turbine adventure is that a Canadian company called Windterra, based in Calgary, Alberta, has developed a small roof-top wind turbine that can save about 35 percent on a homeowners electrical bill. California has a generous energy rebate program that can save as much as 50 percent of the initial cost. ![]() A solar panel array for home use runs about $20,000, while a comparable roof-top wind turbine can be installed for around $6,500. As in any metro area, bureaucratic snafus, lack of codes and complaining neighbors seem to hamper any widespread usage.Ĭost-wise, a small wind turbine is much less expensive than installing roof-top solar panels. According to a San Francisco science writer named Janis Mara, the Bay area is a prime spot for what can be termed personal size wind turbines small enough to provide energy to a home owner without being concerned with any interconnect to the energy grid. ![]()
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