How much petroleum do you think it takes to produce a wind turbine?

by Takver

Question by Adam: How much petroleum do you think it takes to produce a wind turbine?
How much petroleum do you think it takes to produce a wind turbine? (shipping parts, painting the structure, plastic parts, installation, manufacturing, shipping of raw materials for manufacturing, mining for the metals, transporting those mined metals, mining for the magnetic parts, shipping those magnetic parts, drilling for the petroleum used to make parts of the wind turbines in the first place, shipment of the drilling platforms, transportation of the petroleum from those platforms…? How much would ya guess?)

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Answer by Yellow Go LightlyYou [...]

DIY Wind Turbine Blade DC 180 Volt Electric Generator HAWT Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine

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How to estimate the energy of a wind turbine?

by Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs

Question by wwelect2391: How to estimate the energy of a wind turbine?
How to estimate the energy of wind turbine?
how do i estimate the annual energy output of a 5kw wind turbine in an area which has a average wind speed of 7.4m/s at 10m above ground level, and the rated wind speed of the turbine is 10m/s. there is no buildins around to interfear with the wind and the hub of turbine is 12m above ground level. and could you show me the formula for this sum.

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Answer by JayIt’s not quite that simple. [...]

Irish Domestic Micro Wind Turbine – DIY budget project

Irish Wind Turbine – DIY budget project TURBINE: angel300 300w @8ms 400w @10ms – €230 posted from germany -auto furling (turn out of high wind) MAST: 3″ outer pipe, 2.25 inner pipe (telescopic) – connected to roof edge using metal brackets isolated by 4 BMW gearbox mounts. No noise inside house. The mast does sway but i will add another brace 6 feet from the bottom of the mast, metal pipe to house. Controller: Ebay multi purpose controller, solar, wind, dump load, brake control www.ebay.co.uk Telescopic, down under house roof and behind trees in daylight, auto control of electric winch [...]

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