Small Wind Generators

Performance & Testing

Wind turbine in action

Blow me

Generally speaking most small wind generators (1-1.5 m rotor diameter) are either designed for yachts or windy countries such as the United Kingdom.

Typically they require a wind speed of about 5m/sec to produce even 10-20W and somewhere around 10-12m/sec to produce their rated power. Wind of 10m/sec is often described as a gale; 12m/sec is a strong gale that can start causing structural damage, tiles lifting off roofs, etc.

For most areas of Australia we don’t feel these small wind generators are a cost effective form of rural power generation. Please contact our office for more advice specific to your area.

We would also caution you that the performance curves may not be continuously rated – eg you may get less power than what you are led to believe. The following reports have been written about one wind generator that is on the market:

three wind turbines

We install solar systems in Northern NSW and Southern QLD.


QLD:
Gold Coast (from Coolangatta to Southport), Nerang and Hinterland (Beaudesert) and out West (Warwick, Stanthorpe, Killarney)


NSW:
Northern NSW (Tweed Heads to Iluka, including Evans Head, Byron Bay and Ballina); the Far North Coast Hinterland (Yamba via Lismore to Murwillumbah) and out West (Casino to Tenterfield, including Drake and Tabulam, as well as Woodenbong and Bonalbo)

We also have sales agents in
Grafton:contact Andy Wilkinson directly on 0409 508 144, and
Tenterfield:contact Diamond J Legend directly on 0425 769 444.