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2008 wind power show update: The 2008 show was a great show and huge success for us. We had a large number of high quality leads. The traffic at our booth was outstanding and the customers showed a true interest in the WindMax wind turbine products that we offer.
WindMax Green Energy is your One Stop Shop for reliable residential or marine wind turbines, off grid and grid tie wind generators, wind generator rotor blades, DIY wind turbine components, solar panels, solar systems, and wind turbine asscessories, wind turbine inverters. WindMax wind generators are the perfect choice for energy efficient residential home and business.
Our high performance, reliable WindMax wind turbine features advanced electromagnetic over speed control, aerodynamic blade speed limitation, solar/wind dual output capability, reliable light weight generator design using die-casting technique and high performance rare earth neodymium magnets, advanced airfoil designed blades made of mixed nylon and reinforced fiber glass using injection molding and thermoplastic technologies for consistency, high strength.
Windmax H series wind turbines lead the small wind turbine industry by eliminating problematic mechanical furling over speed control which requires a lot of maintenance and causes wind turbine failure. Windmax H series wind turbine improves the reliability and performance by advanced electromagnetic speed limitation supplemented by aerodynamic speed limitation by blade deformation. Electromagnetic braking is used in combination with Aerodynamic braking to reduce the rotational speed of the generator in high wind condition.
Combination of Electromagnetic braking and aerodynamic braking maximizes energy capture by extending Windmax H series turbine’s operating speed range into higher speed winds and lower speed winds which are missed by the old style wind turbines.
Our wind turbine accessories include DC to AC off-grid, grid-tie inverters, UL listed battery charge controllers, AGM/Gel sealed batteries and more. Our DIY wind turbine components include wind generators, high performance rare earth neodymium magnets for efficient wind generators, high quality Essex magnet wire, wind tubine book and plans, high efficiency wind generator blades made of durable commercial grade reinforced fiber glass material.
Advices before you buy any wind turbines for sale:
1. Check out the wind turbine manufacturers.
2. Decide types of wind turbines you need, such as vertical wind turbine or horizontal wind turbine, marine wind generator or residential wind generator ?
3. Do you want to buy complete wind turbine or wind generator kit to make a homemade wind turbine ? do you need wind generator blades, DIY wind generator plan or other wind generator books ?
4. Do you have any wind turbine knowledge ? you may need to buy the How to build wind turbine book if you need further reading about wind turbine design and wind turbine knowledge.
5. Find out the wind turbine cost, you can calculate the wind turbine cost based on the cost of wind turbine per watt or wind turbine output in term of kwh.
6. Do you need to install solar panels for your wind turbine to make it a hybrid wind generator ? Adding solar panels will improve your wind turbine efficiency since solar panel and wind generator is complementary.
Windmax Wind Turbine is the most well built, reliable, most efficient and cost-effective small wind turbine available on the market today. The Windmax H series Wind turbine system is the perfect choice in a smart investment for a renewable energy solution built on advanced technologies. The Windmax wind turbine system defines a new level of superior performance and reliability in the small wind turbine industry. Strong Neodymium magnet PMA, unique winding and multi pole design reduce the start-up torque of the alternator to assure the WINDMAX-H series has great performance at low wind speed.
The result: greater energy production yield for all wind speeds and lowest ownership cost.
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Wind Turbine Readings and Plans
"How to Build a Wind Turbine" book covers the latest Hugh Piggott's wind turbine designs using the most powerful , high performance Neodymium NdFeB magnets.
"How to Build a Wind Turbine" is a 64 page A4 booklet containing full step-by-step instructions for building your own 'axial flux' alternator, carving the blades and welding a frame, to complete an 8 foot diameter, 3-bladed, battery-charging wind generators (12, 24 or 48 volts DC). Larger and smaller projects are also briefly described. There are full lists of materials, suppliers and tools for the job. The design is based on the author's 25 years of experience building, and teaching people to build small wind turbines using the minimum of workshop technology.
"How to Build a Wind Turbine" is a 64 page A4 booklet containing full step-by-step instructions for building your own 'axial flux' alternator, carving the blades and welding a frame, to complete an 8 foot diameter, 3-bladed, battery-charging wind generators (12, 24 or 48 volts DC). Larger and smaller projects are also briefly described. There are full lists of materials, suppliers and tools for the job. The design is based on the author's 25 years of experience building, and teaching people to build small wind turbines using the minimum of workshop technology.
Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business
In the wake of mass blackouts and energy crises, wind power remains a largely untapped resource of renewable energy. It is a booming worldwide industry whose technology, under the collective wing of aficionados like author Paul Gipe, is coming of age. Wind Power guides us through the emergent, sometimes daunting discourse on wind technology, giving frank explanations of how to use wind technology wisely and sound advice on how to avoid common mistakes.
Since the mid-1970s, Paul Gipe has played a part in nearly every aspect of wind energy’s development—from installing small turbines to promoting wind energy worldwide. As an American proponent of renewable energy, Gipe has earned the acclaim and respect of European energy specialists for years, but his arguments have often fallen on deaf ears at home.
Today, the topic of wind power is cropping up everywhere from the beaches of Cape Cod to the Oregon-Washington border, and one wind turbine is capable of producing enough electricity per year to run 200 average American households. Now, Paul Gipe is back to shed light on this increasingly important energy source with a revised edition of Wind Power.
Over the course of his career, Paul Gipe has been a proponent, participant, observer, and critic of the wind industry. His experience with wind has given rise to two previous books on the subject, Wind Energy Basics and Wind Power for Home and Business, which have sold over 50,000 copies. Wind Power for Home and Business has become a staple for both homeowners and professionals interested in the subject, and now, with energy prices soaring, interest in wind power is hitting an all-time high.
With chapters on output and economics, Wind Power discloses how much you can expect from each method of wind technology, both in terms of energy and financial savings. The book’s updated models, graphics, and weighty appendixes make it an invaluable reference for everyone interested in the emerging trend of wind power and renewable energy.
Executive Director of the American Wind Energy Association Randall Swisher has said, "In the last two decades, no one has done more that Paul Gipe to bring wind energy to the public’s attention."
In the wake of mass blackouts and energy crises, wind power remains a largely untapped resource of renewable energy. It is a booming worldwide industry whose technology, under the collective wing of aficionados like author Paul Gipe, is coming of age. Wind Power guides us through the emergent, sometimes daunting discourse on wind technology, giving frank explanations of how to use wind technology wisely and sound advice on how to avoid common mistakes.
Since the mid-1970s, Paul Gipe has played a part in nearly every aspect of wind energy’s development—from installing small turbines to promoting wind energy worldwide. As an American proponent of renewable energy, Gipe has earned the acclaim and respect of European energy specialists for years, but his arguments have often fallen on deaf ears at home.
Today, the topic of wind power is cropping up everywhere from the beaches of Cape Cod to the Oregon-Washington border, and one wind turbine is capable of producing enough electricity per year to run 200 average American households. Now, Paul Gipe is back to shed light on this increasingly important energy source with a revised edition of Wind Power.
Over the course of his career, Paul Gipe has been a proponent, participant, observer, and critic of the wind industry. His experience with wind has given rise to two previous books on the subject, Wind Energy Basics and Wind Power for Home and Business, which have sold over 50,000 copies. Wind Power for Home and Business has become a staple for both homeowners and professionals interested in the subject, and now, with energy prices soaring, interest in wind power is hitting an all-time high.
With chapters on output and economics, Wind Power discloses how much you can expect from each method of wind technology, both in terms of energy and financial savings. The book’s updated models, graphics, and weighty appendixes make it an invaluable reference for everyone interested in the emerging trend of wind power and renewable energy.
Executive Director of the American Wind Energy Association Randall Swisher has said, "In the last two decades, no one has done more that Paul Gipe to bring wind energy to the public’s attention."
Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Turbines
The wind power industry has been transformed by dramatic breakthroughs in efficiency, economy, and adaptability.
Wind Energy Basics is information about small residential wind generator systems for off grid or grid tie. The book includes the unique "standard small wind generator rating" developed by the author, which is designed to help readers wade through conflicting performance claims by manufacturers in the U.S. and overseas. Also included is detailed information on planning, siting, and installing a wind system, and on integrating wind power with solar for more cost-effective and reliable off-the-grid applications.
In addition, Gipe provides a discussion of "net metering" and intertie possibilities, explaining how homeowners in many states can now sell their excess electricity back to the utility company.
Wind Energy Basics is an excellent introduction to wind power for educational programs concerned with state-of-the-art renewable energy options, and will be indispensable for those considering today's generation of quiet, efficient, and reliable "micro" wind turbines.
Wind Energy Basics describes a new class of small wind turbines, dubbed micro turbines, which are so small that they can be purchased for less than $1000 and carried in your hands.
The debut of micro wind turbines brings the technology within reach of almost everyone. These inexpensive machines, when coupled with readily available photovoltaic panels (solar cells), have revolutionized living in remote homes off-the-utility grid. And the increasing popularity of micro wind turbines has opened up new applications previously considered off-limits to wind energy, such as charging electric fences and powering remote telephone call boxes, once the sole domain of solar cells.
Micro wind turbines have been around for decades for use on sailboats, but they have gained increasing prominence in the 1990s as their broader potential for off-the-grid applications on land has become more widely known. While micro wind turbines have yet to reach the status of widely available consumer commodities such as personal computers, the day may not be far off. The use of wind power is "exploding," say Karen and Richard Perez in their foreword. "There are currently over 150,000 small-scale RE (renewable energy) systems in America and they are growing by 30% yearly. The small-scale use of wind power is growing at twice that amount--over 60% per year," according to the Perezes, the editors of Home Power magazine.
"What Americans, and folks all over the world, are finding out," the Perezes say, "is that wind power is an excellent and cost-effective alternative" to extending electric utility lines, and fossil-fueled backup generators.
Wind Energy Basics explains how it is possible—in some states—for homeowners to run their kilowatt-hour meter backwards with a small wind generator.
This book confronts the common but controversial practice of "power rating" that may mislead consumers about the potential of some small wind generators. Known for his frank style, Gipe quickly cuts through technological jargon and the hype surrounding power ratings.
"Nothing tells you more about a wind turbine's potential than rotor diameter—nothing. The wind generator with the bigger rotor will almost invariably generate more electricity than a turbine with a smaller rotor, regardless of their generator ratings," he says.
Gipe also comes down hard on roof-top mounting. "Don't bother," he warns. "It's not worth the trouble." He also minces few words on mounting wind turbines in trees. "Sometimes wind energy isn't the right choice," Gipe says. "If you live in a forest of tall trees and you can't afford a tower tall enough to clear the trees, then wind energy isn't for you."
Worldwide, wind energy is booming. Not since the heyday of the American farm windmill has wind energy grown at such a dramatic pace.
The commercial success of medium-size wind turbines, or wind farm machines, is only part of the story. Small wind generators have found their role expanding as well. Whether it's on the contemporary homestead of Ed Wulf in California's Tehachapi Mountains, in the Chilean village of Puaucho overlooking the Pacific Ocean, or on the Scoraig peninsula of Scotland's wind-swept west coast, small wind turbines are making an important difference. While their contributions may be small in absolute terms, small wind turbines make a big difference in the daily lives of people in remote areas around the globe. Small wind turbines may produce only a few tens of kilowatt-hours per month, but this electricity goes much further and provides as much, if not more, value to those who depend upon it as does the generation of their bigger brethren.
Today there are more than 50 manufacturers of small wind generators worldwide, and they produce more than 100 different models. Altogether manufacturers in western countries have built 100,000 small wind generators during the last two decades. And tens of thousands more have been manufactured in China for use by nomads on the Mongolian steppes.
Wind Energy Basics is richly illustrated with photographs of small wind generators, from those on the Patagonian steppes at the tip of South America to those on the wind-swept shores of Denmark.
The book contains information on most major small wind generators on the international market. It also provides photographs of common wind turbine applications, including their use for wind power plants, vacation homes, third world villages, farms, water pumping, and so on.
The appendix to Wind Energy Basics includes detailed product specifications for most popular micro and mini wind turbines, as well as sources for wind pumps (farm windmills), used wind turbines, anemometers, inverters, trade associations, and mail-order catalogs that sell wind turbines.
The wind power industry has been transformed by dramatic breakthroughs in efficiency, economy, and adaptability.
Wind Energy Basics is information about small residential wind generator systems for off grid or grid tie. The book includes the unique "standard small wind generator rating" developed by the author, which is designed to help readers wade through conflicting performance claims by manufacturers in the U.S. and overseas. Also included is detailed information on planning, siting, and installing a wind system, and on integrating wind power with solar for more cost-effective and reliable off-the-grid applications.
In addition, Gipe provides a discussion of "net metering" and intertie possibilities, explaining how homeowners in many states can now sell their excess electricity back to the utility company.
Wind Energy Basics is an excellent introduction to wind power for educational programs concerned with state-of-the-art renewable energy options, and will be indispensable for those considering today's generation of quiet, efficient, and reliable "micro" wind turbines.
Wind Energy Basics describes a new class of small wind turbines, dubbed micro turbines, which are so small that they can be purchased for less than $1000 and carried in your hands.
The debut of micro wind turbines brings the technology within reach of almost everyone. These inexpensive machines, when coupled with readily available photovoltaic panels (solar cells), have revolutionized living in remote homes off-the-utility grid. And the increasing popularity of micro wind turbines has opened up new applications previously considered off-limits to wind energy, such as charging electric fences and powering remote telephone call boxes, once the sole domain of solar cells.
Micro wind turbines have been around for decades for use on sailboats, but they have gained increasing prominence in the 1990s as their broader potential for off-the-grid applications on land has become more widely known. While micro wind turbines have yet to reach the status of widely available consumer commodities such as personal computers, the day may not be far off. The use of wind power is "exploding," say Karen and Richard Perez in their foreword. "There are currently over 150,000 small-scale RE (renewable energy) systems in America and they are growing by 30% yearly. The small-scale use of wind power is growing at twice that amount--over 60% per year," according to the Perezes, the editors of Home Power magazine.
"What Americans, and folks all over the world, are finding out," the Perezes say, "is that wind power is an excellent and cost-effective alternative" to extending electric utility lines, and fossil-fueled backup generators.
Wind Energy Basics explains how it is possible—in some states—for homeowners to run their kilowatt-hour meter backwards with a small wind generator.
This book confronts the common but controversial practice of "power rating" that may mislead consumers about the potential of some small wind generators. Known for his frank style, Gipe quickly cuts through technological jargon and the hype surrounding power ratings.
"Nothing tells you more about a wind turbine's potential than rotor diameter—nothing. The wind generator with the bigger rotor will almost invariably generate more electricity than a turbine with a smaller rotor, regardless of their generator ratings," he says.
Gipe also comes down hard on roof-top mounting. "Don't bother," he warns. "It's not worth the trouble." He also minces few words on mounting wind turbines in trees. "Sometimes wind energy isn't the right choice," Gipe says. "If you live in a forest of tall trees and you can't afford a tower tall enough to clear the trees, then wind energy isn't for you."
Worldwide, wind energy is booming. Not since the heyday of the American farm windmill has wind energy grown at such a dramatic pace.
The commercial success of medium-size wind turbines, or wind farm machines, is only part of the story. Small wind generators have found their role expanding as well. Whether it's on the contemporary homestead of Ed Wulf in California's Tehachapi Mountains, in the Chilean village of Puaucho overlooking the Pacific Ocean, or on the Scoraig peninsula of Scotland's wind-swept west coast, small wind turbines are making an important difference. While their contributions may be small in absolute terms, small wind turbines make a big difference in the daily lives of people in remote areas around the globe. Small wind turbines may produce only a few tens of kilowatt-hours per month, but this electricity goes much further and provides as much, if not more, value to those who depend upon it as does the generation of their bigger brethren.
Today there are more than 50 manufacturers of small wind generators worldwide, and they produce more than 100 different models. Altogether manufacturers in western countries have built 100,000 small wind generators during the last two decades. And tens of thousands more have been manufactured in China for use by nomads on the Mongolian steppes.
Wind Energy Basics is richly illustrated with photographs of small wind generators, from those on the Patagonian steppes at the tip of South America to those on the wind-swept shores of Denmark.
The book contains information on most major small wind generators on the international market. It also provides photographs of common wind turbine applications, including their use for wind power plants, vacation homes, third world villages, farms, water pumping, and so on.
The appendix to Wind Energy Basics includes detailed product specifications for most popular micro and mini wind turbines, as well as sources for wind pumps (farm windmills), used wind turbines, anemometers, inverters, trade associations, and mail-order catalogs that sell wind turbines.