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Link to NREL small trubine test results
www.nlcpr.com A fun site about sustainable energy and busting scams worth looking at comes out of Newfoundland, Canada
Link to Danish Wind Industry Association: Gives lots of usefull information related to large and small wind turbines. http://www.windpower.org/en/tour/wres/calculat.htm
Real world performance of small wind turbines :Several manufactures of small wind turbines are involved in providing customers with real-world performance of their turbine. SWIEP applauds these efforts! Fortis has installed two of their turbines in New York State and give weekly updates on performance. Go to and check for weekly updates at http://www.fortiswindenergy.us/Alize/Alize_performance_data.html Also a group of UK companies selling small wind turbines (0.4 to 1.5 kW rating: Ampair, Windsave, Eclectic, Zephyr) mounted on roofs or mounted on short towers near buildings & trees are proving public test results. SWIEP does not currently endorse this practice because turbines mounted in close proximity to buildings and trees may experience too much turbulence that may affect performance. Hence this practice may or may not be a good idea. But SWIEP does applaud the attempt of these UK companies to disclose publicly performance results from customers who have them installed in urban and rural sites. Keep looking at updated results on http://www.warwickwindtrials.org.uk/2.html The Florida Institute of Technology also posts real-world data on SWWP H-80 turbine mounted on the rooftop of Meteorolgy Building. Cut and paste the following link: http://my.fit.edu/wx_fit/?q=obs/realtime/roberts/turbvws
Mike Klemen has a N. Dakota State Univerwsity site that contains a lot of useful information about small wind turbines. He also tabulates some customer feedback comments about small turbines. Link to NDSU site You will find his personal data on service records for several turbines Mike has owned, measurements of performance, plus audio and video clips.
Paul Gipe probably knows more about small- and commercial-size wind turbines than anyone. You can spend many useful hours visiting his website or reading his books: Link to Wind-Works
Appalachian State University in North Carolina has a small wind turbine test facility. Check out their site for videos, perormance data and down-time on several turbines they have monitored. APU
Here is a site SWIEP have found that has tested >180 small wind turbines from around the world. Unfortunately you have to pay about $50 for the test summary and SWIEP has not verified the quality of the data: .Nordisk Folkecenter
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
http://www.dsireusa.org/
A good company to consult regarding small wind projects in rural Alberta: http://www.SimplyWind.ca/