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For Cross Island Farms of Wellesley Island, New York, 2011 was a bountiful year—and not just because of the farm's harvest. Following the installation of a 10-kilowatt (kW) Bergey wind turbine in August, along with a 5.52-kW SunPower solar array one month later, owners Dani Baker and David Belding have enjoyed their second consecutive month of being credited kilowatt-hours of electricity from their local utility.
Cross Island Farms Enjoys a Renewable Energy Harvest: A Wind Powering America Success Story
Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:50 PM EST
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According to the American Wind Energy Association's 2010 U.S. Small Wind Turbine Market Report, the cumulative installed capacity of small wind turbines in the United States is approximately 179 megawatts, involving more than 144,000 turbines.
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#1 - Wed Dec 21, 2011 6:50 PM ESTAnd there are about 115 million residential properties. If half are appropriate for wind that is 56 million. at the same capacity as these 144,000 units that would be 69611 MW or 69.6 GW. Of course that is with an average of 1.24 kW per turbine. That is a small turbine. Residential turbines go up to 100 kW. As we get closer to this for the distributed average we approach 6.96 TW.
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One thing we do know.. that every coastal home is perfect for small wind.. and every coastal town is good for its big brother the large scale wind turbines.. we also know that almost every coastal area is good for solar, and if the wave/tidal turbine is successful it can generate and be added to the mix.
Also, small wind is much much cheaper than it's big brother.
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And energy independence can only be achieved when each individual has a choice of providing their own energy or purchasing it from another entity. Until that time we are dependent on those other entities.
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