http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power
Who am I ?
Hi, I’m Erik Astrand and the man behind this site.
My story? I am about to be 50 and all my life I have been interested in technical things. Not sure if the special interest for the wind, and how to use the wind, started when I as a 5 year old boy and got my first sail dinghy.
Anyway, wind power and to build my own wind generator was a dream for several years. I studied many websites and also bought many courses before I finally built my own windmill. This site is about that journey and you will also find some more general articles about wind power.
Enjoy! and check out the about me page to read more.
Vesta has wind farms all around where I live in Eastern Washington. They are planning to add more and I think it’s a great thing to do. The power company here has a voluntary "blue sky" program whereby customers can purchase clean energy if they wish. I think it works fairly well, although I have not checked it out for awhile. I have elected to purchase blue sky energy at our home.
Strongest around the Capitol building for some reason.
What are you the great educator blowing some wind -
It blows.
Well where there is little or no wind, there cannot be wind power. Plain and simple.
Same thing goes for solar power.
I know that if I ever get out in the country and build my own home that wind and solar will be Integral parts of the design.
By the way, did you know that there is a way to generate power from a wind turbine when there is no wind? It utilizes some very basic laws of physics, the secret is in the design of the windmill, but it has to be built into the structure from the beginning, you can’t retrofit it.
Theres several "farms" around me. Vesta has a plant manufacturing them in the mid-west. They have set up a research facility on the west coast.
We are trying to break into the maintenance end. And a company in Chicago is working on commercial building sized turbines with a goal of residential. Coupled with solar it can reduce the dependency on fossil fuels.
Very little.
Nothing.
Now start drilling for oil please.