October 18, 20215 yr I would like a wind turbine on my farm but can't afford a MCS certified one as they cost £20 to £34K for about 5Kws. I am a qualified engineer and am quite capable of designing and making one that is safe and meets most of the MCS requirements (but not all of them). The farm is not in a conservation area and I have plenty of suitable sites well away from boundaries etc. Our planning department (Derbyshire dales) will not talk to me without payment. Does anyone have experience of building a DIY wind turbine?
October 18, 20215 yr 33 minutes ago, norbreck said: Does anyone have experience of building a DIY wind turbine Built some professionally. Not as simple as they seem. Copy a Proven WT6000 Or just buy one for a quid a watt. https://www.hitwind.com/product/proven-wt6000-6kw-used-wind-turbine-for-sale/ If you have the room, why not PV and some storage. Simpler and easily scalable. Not sure if you need MCS to get payments now. Think you can deal directly with the energy companies.
October 18, 20215 yr Google Hugh Piggot. He builts them, sells plans. Living off grid his experience is well worth looking into
October 19, 20214 yr Author Steamytea 18 hours ago, SteamyTea said: Built some professionally. Not as simple as they seem. Copy a Proven WT6000 Or just buy one for a quid a watt. https://www.hitwind.com/product/proven-wt6000-6kw-used-wind-turbine-for-sale/ If you have the room, why not PV and some storage. Simpler and easily scalable. Not sure if you need MCS to get payments now. Think you can deal directly with the energy companies. Thanks for the reply. I will look into Hitwind. I was looking for something that generates during the night and in the winter, we have a windy location. My investigation of batteries suggests that they are still too expensive and don't give sufficient pay back. Have you experience of battery storage?
October 19, 20214 yr Author Thanks for the reply. I will look into Hitwind. I was looking for something that generates during the night and in the winter, we have a windy location. My investigation of batteries suggests that they are still too expensive and don't give sufficient pay back. Have you experience of battery storage? I am not worried about payments.
October 19, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, norbreck said: Have you experience of battery storage? No. But I know my energy load could be very small at night, sub 1 kWh/night. If you are going off grid, demand reduction is the key. Edited October 19, 20214 yr by SteamyTea
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