Home wind power electrical generators have previously been expensive,
but they are quickly becoming competitively priced alternatives to
other energy resources.
The Cost To You Of Constructing A Small Wind Generator Is Much Cheaper Now Than You Think
This document describes the cost of consumption as well as the amount of use of families through each year for electricity. The article shows that in all reality the businesses and government have scared the buyer into thinking that we need giant wind generation projects to overcome our energy trouble and are gypping the basic family or consumer. The costs of big wind generation projects are very high and may take years to realize any cost profitability in their capacity and production.
The cost of home wind power is far cheaper than the amount that is spent on other techniques to make energy. Clearly the price for home-based wind turbines is a great deal more cost effective than utility grade power generation. The expense on the low end for a home-based wind generator is any where from 1,000.00 dollars to 6,000 including a fifty to 100 foot tower. The maintenance on a home based wind electric power generator is about once or twice every twenty years so it really is low maintenance. Compare this to the price of a utility grade producer, 1,000,000 dollars, which produces within the 20-megawatt range and more.
The utility producers require a precise amount of maintenance and are required by law when permitted and licensed to produce a defined amount of electricity that is why a town will almost never see a single utility turbine constructed because the Department of Energy requires that a certain amount is produced and because of the cost of permitting from the department of energy, 1,000,000 dollars, a substantial upfront cost, in addition to the permitting from local and state authorities.
These huge utility wind generators require whole maintenance crews specially trained to keep up the machinery. If we look at the cost per household, that 1,000.00 dollars for a home wind power is actually incredibly cheap. Consider also, you in addition have the ability to sell back your electricity to the electric company. This statement can be confusing, we as consumers pay around 8.5 cents for one Kwh but the buy back rate is only around 1.5 to 2 cents per hour and you as a user are only allowed to provide up to 2 megawatts for buy back per year without permitting and licensing from the Department of Energy.
The average United States family uses 920 Kwh a year that is around 75.00 dollars per year. This is a low figure for many of us I would estimate the cost at more around 300.00 or 400.00 a year but we can cut this cost from 90 to 50 percent with one home wind power generator. With two wind generators you can have the man, the utility companies, paying you. Now with entire cities doing this they can actually raise the status and economic prosperity of their area by lowering their cost of living.
Looking at the numbers we can see the cost effectiveness when we take a community of 100,000 people a 1,000 dollar wind generator for everyone in the community will cost 10,000,000.00 dollars verses 10 utility grade wind generators costing 1,000,000.00 dollars apiece requiring installation and maintenance and the cost savings is not reaped by the consumer but by the power company.