SteamyTea Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 You will almost certainly need planning permission, which will almost certainly be refused. But if you do get it, then you will have to find a suitable turbine than can meet the sound regulations. Will your DNO allow you to fit more capacity. Then if you do find a suitable one, you will quickly learn why you do not see many small turbines, let alone VAWTs. Do you have room for more PV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blott Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 alas no more roof space - hipped gable end. Do you have experience of vertical turbines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, Blott said: Do you have experience of vertical turbines I used to work for a small turbine manufacturer, while they had a good reputation, they still went bankrupt, and like all small turbines, the performance was only a small fraction of the Betz limit. It is why turbines are large. VAWT are even worse. Can you not get any extra modules on the hip ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blott Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Yes, the hipped end has three panels on The PV systems has 5.67Kw/h Li-iron-Ph batteries and I was just looking to trickle charge the batteries with the turbine, using the Venturi effect between houses. Thanks for your input.......I'll look at the pros n cons after the PV system is installed. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 27/03/2024 at 09:07, SteamyTea said: You will almost certainly need planning permission, which will almost certainly be refused. Not strictly true, there are lots of conditions though for permitted development. https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/wind-turbines/planning-permission-stand-alone-wind-turbines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Interesting, I found this in that document Only the first installation of any wind turbine would be permitted development, and only if there is no existing air source heat pump at the property. why would an existing ASHP make a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 12 minutes ago, joe90 said: why would an existing ASHP make a difference? Maybe it's a noise problem, with two noise generators at a property in an urban environment? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On the subject of noise, my ASHP at my build was way quieter than the external oil boiler belonging to a neighbour where I currently live (not that close either!!,). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone West Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Just now, joe90 said: On the subject of noise, my ASHP at my build was way quieter than the external oil boiler belonging to a neighbour where I currently live (not that close either!!,). I agree, the problem is the rules seem to be, for PD, that there is an ASHP noise limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 29 minutes ago, joe90 said: why would an existing ASHP make a difference 15 minutes ago, Gone West said: Maybe it's a noise problem Small turbines tend to be a bit noisy. And a VAWT at South Crofty, well the now bankrupt heritage centre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 I have a small turbine. 1kW Chinesium special from AliExpress. Bought it as a punt a few years ago. It fell down in a storm and broke. Finally put it back up with a more solid mounting system in Jan… So far this year it has produced the princely total of 17.2kWh of energy. A whole £5.16. The brackets for the guide wires cost more. A good breezy day from the S-SE and I get about a kWh out of it in a day. To be fair, it’s not in an ideal location cos I’m in the middle of the countryside and I didn’t want to go nuts and fall foul of planning. It’s shrouded by trees on one side. As an engineering project it’s fine. Compared to my solar panels (5kWp) they do in a day what it’s done in 3 months… I’ll add more solar next. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Turns out I’d responded to this thread with a pic of my dead turbine on page 1! It really has taken a while to get it going again… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailBiter Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 (edited) There might be quieter VAWTs available soon(TM) Edited April 4 by NailBiter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Oh dear, another set of dreamers that do not know the difference between power and energy. From the Sunsync site. Ridge Blade Keith Gough, Managing Director of #Sunsynk Ltd is visiting a wind turbine site in North Yorkshire. The turbine is called the Ridge Blade ® and its unique design allows it to generate power during levels of wind speed from low to high. This is a remarkable new design of turbine and destined to revolutionise the production of renewable power. At the present moment in low wind conditions the device is producing 240Wh, however if elevated it is forecast to produce 2kWh. Sunsynk will be monitoring developments with great interest! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NailBiter Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 (edited) Sunsynk likely consists of more than one person with varying levels of expertise. I'd suggest a social media manager without much training in engineering wrote that. I'd also suggest that a solar company with a profit of £4,673,687 in 2023 and £19,942,282 in the bank has at least one individual who is a trained engineer. Besides which RidgeBlade are an entirely different entity than SynSynk. I'd be a lot more interested in a critique of the system than any attempt at shooting a messenger. Edited April 8 by NailBiter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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