Is It Worth Adding a Wind Turbine to Your Home Solar Installation?

This video is for everyone wondering if a domestic wind turbine would be a prudent addition to their solar installation.

If you'd like to support my channel and live in the UK, feel free to use my Octopus Energy referral code: https://share.octopus.energy/blue-win...

UK Energy Dashboard:
www.energydashboard.co.uk 

Performance of a cheap wind turbine purchased from Amazon:
https://www.solacity.com/small-wind-t...

A follow-up video to the above:
https://www.solacity.com/small-wind-t...

A comparison between horizontal and vertical wind turbines:
   • Independent Tests: Vertical Axis Wind Turb...  

An example of why even a 5kW wind turbine might not be as good as you think:
   • Independent Tests: Vertical Axis Wind Turb...  

Another person's experience of a wind turbine:
https://www.solacity.com/small-wind-t...

Engineering With Rosie YouTube Channel:
   / engineeringwithrosie  

Global Wind Atlas:
https://globalwindatlas.info/en

Engineering With Rosie: Wind Turbines for Home: Is it Worth It?
   • Wind Turbines for Home: Is it Worth It?  

Planning Permission in the UK:
https://www.renewableenergyhub.co.uk/...

A great (and detailed) article about wind turbines:
https://www.solacity.com/small-wind-t...

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:56 Comparison between solar and wind generation
2:09 Supplementing solar with wind
2:56 Example wind turbines
4:03 Calculating wind turbine energy generation
7:36 Modelling example installations
9:32 The problem with built-up areas
10:30 Other considerations
11:22 Planning permission
12:42 Costs
13:36 Maintenance
14:05 Insurance
14:14 Summary & Contrast with solar

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Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the content in this video, no warranty for that content is provided, nor should it be implied. Viewers acting on the content, do so at their own risk.

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