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Multiple small wInd tubines in ongrid home setup. (scribe.disroot.org)

submitted 10 months ago by muppeth@scribe.disroot.org to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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I'm starting to think about diversifying my energy prodution. I have a solar panel array (5kWp) on the roof for a year now. I see that adding more panels does not make much sense as the production in summer as is is already hard to consume it all, and in winter the production is rather symbolic while consumption is through the roof.

So I thought of looking into wind turbines. There is plenty of wind the whole year where I live. But, rather then buying a big 5kW turbine which is quite expensive on its own (plus a pole and all the other stuff) I thought, how about using multiple small turbines (up to 1kW) connected together, similar to how solar panels are. Either into one inverter or using microinverters. Does anyone have any interesting links to follow or some experience in similar setups?

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[–] Desmond373@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've been a bit curious about this recently, a good start would be collecting some anemometer data at the location that the turbine would be going up, for finer details on how much power will be generated. They can be a bit expensive so i might do a project at some point making a home made one with cheap components and an open source API for extracting data. Then looking into what your build would be. Vertical wind turbines might be good for suburbia (likely what i would build) and horisontal for larger land sizes that could go up on higher poles. I still need to do more research and prep work so take everything Ive said with a grain of salt, but Im looking forward to working on this stuff over the next few months.

[–] muppeth@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 10 months ago

I plan to setup two wind sensors (weather machines) this year to have a better oveview of what is the wind situation throughout the year. One on the roof of the house and the other in place of future workshop.