Large wind turbines have become an increasingly familiar sight within the landscape, often situated in wind farms in remote areas, and away from the towns. Yet, another opportunity to utilize the power of the wind is opening up with the appearance of small wind turbines that are suited to the urban environment.

For a wind turbine to be effective you need an average wind speed of at least 5 or 6 m/s (metres per second), and no obstacles nearby which might reduce the wind speed or create turbulence. These include buildings, trees or hills. An ideal site is a smooth hill top with a clear, open stretch to the prevailing wind.

Wind Turbines will benefit from the Feed-in-tariffs from the Clean Energy Cashback scheme from Apr 2010 provided they are installed by accredited installers using accredited appliances.

Pellgen Ltd has partners who are accredited to do all these renewable technologies, and for an installation that requires one of these combined with a solar hot water or biomass installation we can project manage the whole installation.

For further information call Pellgen
on 0845 409 2187