Wind power for the home?

Benefits of wind power

• If you have your own wind turbine at home, you can create your own eco-current to produce. So you are setting a good example.
• You can even generate electricity from wind more reliably than from the sun, for example. While you only get solar energy during the day, the wind can blow around the clock.
• Small wind turbines are also much cheaper than a solar system. Since you can no longer set up a large tower in the garden, but a bike on the roof of your house, your new system is even more space-saving than it was a few years ago.
• The development of wind turbines is also making them easier to repair and maintain, which can save you money.
• The wind blades have evolved. The design is now advanced so that the wings are more effective in transmitting force; Since the generators have also become stronger, more electricity can now be produced with small systems.
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• However, it has to be said that a wind turbine is often not profitable. However, this is often due to the fact that the operators have not planned the deployment sufficiently.

Generate electricity at home

• If you want to run a wind turbine on the roof of your house or in your garden, you should take enough time to plan the acquisition. You will certainly enjoy generating your own electricity, but if possible, the expenses should pay for themselves after a few years.
• So that your system is worthwhile for you, you should not fall below five kW nominal power. It is also important that you and your family use as much of the electricity you generate as possible instead of feeding it into the public grid.
• Find out exactly what the building codes are in your state. Only a few federal states have agreed on uniform regulations, so that there is often confusion.
• Ask the German Weather Service how strong the wind is on average in your region, so that you know roughly whether it is worthwhile to generate electricity at home. However, the weather service cannot know whether your house is in the shadow of a high-rise building and whether there is almost always no wind.
• If possible, invest in an inverter. This takes into account the changing wind strengths and adapts to them.
• If you have considered all the important points in advance, you should contact the various providers of wind turbines and compare prices. But plan in at least 3,000 euros.