Buy a VAWT Vertical Wind Turbine
Buy A VAWT Vertical Wind Turbine
Understand the advantages and disadvantages of VAWTs
windVertical Axis Wind Turbines are far less common that the standard
wind mill type
wind turbine. However for many inner city and domestic applications
VAWT's are far better suited to the prevailing conditions (low levels of turbulent wind).
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines are typically much more difficult to find and purchase than their horizonal axis brothers, however there are suppliers out there which offer affordable
VAWT packages.
NEW Buy the 50 Watt vertical axis wind turbine pictured above for just
£179.99 with free UK delivery. Click here to find out more:
50 Watt wind turbine.
Pictured above is a 500 Watt, 24 Volt VAWT
Darrieus variant known as a
Giromill with three vertical aerofoils. Maximum power output is
600 Watts with its 4 foot diameter aluminium rotor generating 20.8A of current at 24 Volts. Start up wind speed is 3 m/s (around 7mph), and the rated wind speed is 13 m/s (29mph). The turbine will operate in winds of up to 80mph and at up to
600rpm. Power is generated from a
PMA (Permanent Magnet Alternator). Total weight is 35kg.
This system comes complete with a
hybrid charge regulator for solar and wind power is is available from Rome, Italy for around
£800 including UK delivery.
Systems from 400W to 25kW are available from
alex300000 on
eBay or directly from the
Energy Department of:

Via Flaminia Vecchia, 798
00191
Rome
Italy
Tel.: +39 06 8610173
Fax: +39 06 86389651
Also for sale are a range of
solar panels, horizontal axis wind turbines, solar thermal energy panels for
water heating, and
hydroelectric power production.
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