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HOW MUCH MONEY PER YEAR WOULD YOU SAVE ON ELECTRICITY IF U USED A WIND TURBINE?
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how much money per year would you save on electricity if u used a wind turbine?
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Answer by William Shanker
…most likely NONE as the cost of a wind-generator and everything involved in its construction and set up is ENORMOUS !
Answer by PointBlankResponse
You need like a thousand more points of detail in order to answer this.
-How huge a house/how much energy do you use? how much are you paying?
-where you get the turbine? how huge is it? how much energy does it generate a year?
Answer by Mohammad
Wind Turbines are costly and need a massive area to be constructed.
A 20kw wind turbine will cost you at least 80,000$ .
So, I think you save NONE!
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about 3 months ago
As with solar systems, you don’t actually save electricity. What happens is you use your electricity like normal through the power supply company. Then your solar or wind turbine sends electricity back onto the main power grid and then the electricity company pays you every month or so for the energy that you supplied back to them.
If you set up solar or wind technology on your home you must remember it is a long term investment as the system must be paid off over time (so I wouldn’t do it if you are planning on moving house any time soon). Our solar system will pay itself off in about 5 years, after that we will have paid for it and only then will we be making a profit.
Batteries or generators are too expensive – unless you are in a rural area and this is the only option. Don’t let the power company pay you in credits, insist that they pay you money for the power, otherwise if they give you power credits you may never use them up and the power company will come off better than you will. They are sneaky – you have to haggle for a good pay-back price on your energy, so shop around.
about 3 months ago
Me? Hmm. I pay $ 78 per month, and I’d guess, $ 0.10 per kWh, so that means I use 780 kWh per month.
I can buy a 600 W windmill for $ 749.99. 780 kWh / 600 W = 1300 hours. I would need to run it constantly for 1300 hours, to make enough electricity to last me a month (30 * 24 ) = 720 hours. I need to add a second one. With two running constantly, I will have enough electricity.
Since it’s not windy at night, I need twice as many again.
Since not every day is windy, maybe 15 out of 30 days is, I need twice again.
I’d need 8 windmills, at 600W each, to power my house. This will cost about $ 6000.
If they wear out after 5 years, that’s like paying $ 1200 a year for electricity. That’s before paying 15% sales tax, and with the units on sale at 25% off. No sale, and + tax, is $ 1840.
If I don’t do wind power, thats $ 78 times 12 = $ 936 a year, including taxes.
*** I would save between $ 300 and $ 900 a year by staying on the grid. ***
about 3 months ago
Considering the fact that you will have to be for the construction and maintenance, you really wouldn’t any money.
about 3 months ago
Realistic accounting and average good luck = no monthly savings. If you live in the wind corridor of West Texas and have to pay $ 10,000 to connect your home to utility electricity, maybe you can save $ 500 per year, by being your own utility. Otherwise a wind turbine is an interesting hobby that is moderately expensive. Neil