On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:21:22 +0000, Zoinks
wrote:

All,
Wandering around the local shed today I notice that they have started
doing wind turbines for £1500 inc. installation and VAT.

This topic has been done to death earlier.

The bumf says the following:

1) The turbine generates (up to) 1kW

It will in winds that we get for about 5 days a year. It will generate
about enough to make a torch bulb occasionally glow in usual
circumstances. Work out what 12 meters a second is. And it does not
decrease in a linear manner so 6 meters a second is not 0.5Kw, but
just a few watts.


2) It will save me (up to) 30% of my electricity bill

This claim is patently fraudulent.

3) Planning permission is (probably) not needed - it equates it with a
satellite dish.

Very doubtful and will probably cost £200 to get, if they allow it.

4) The UK Government will (probably) stump up 30% of the cost.
5) It will pay for itself in (around) 7-12 years.

The thing has a stated life of about 10 years. It will generate about
£60 a year if it's unusually windy.

Any thoughts?

Z.

As above