Swift Wind Turbine Improves Energy Efficiency

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Science Articles | March 12, 2009

After much success installing over 250 home wind turbines in Scotland, Cascading Engineering is bringing the Swift wind turbine to US and Canadian shores.

After having much success installing over 250 home wind turbines in Scotland, Cascading Engineering is bringing the Swift wind turbine to America and Canada.

Thecompany that specializes in plastics, partnered with Swift's Scottishdesigner, Renewable Devices, to install the revolutionary small windturbine in the U.S. households.

What sets the Swift apart fromother small wind turbines is the reduced noise it produces. Inaddition, the turbine can be attached to rooftops instead of towers.�With it's five blades and "outer diffuser" ring, the company claimsvibration is reduced, resulting in only 35 decibels of noise.

Withthe turbine's seven foot diameter and two fins to help it face thewind, it can rotate 360 degrees and it automatically shuts down in verystrong winds.� All the elements of its unique design allow the Swift togenerate up to 1.5 kW of power in 14 mile per hour winds.� This equatesto approximately 2000 kilowatt hours per year, which is about a quarterof the electricity consumed by a typical U.S. household.

At acool $10 000 to be installed, this turbine does not come cheap.�However, the upfront cost is significantly lower when state tax creditsof $1000 for households, and $4000 for businesses is taken into account.

Accordingto Jessica Lehti, Cascade's senior product marketing manager, thisMichigan-based plastics company has already installed 9 Swift turbinesin America, and still has at least 25 orders to go.

With acustomer base split between residential consumers and businesses, thecompany is in high hopes that it can sell the Swift to anyone witheconomic or environmental purposes in mind - even while the economy isin turmoil.

But we disagree with Cascade - not anyone is going tofork out $10 000 just so they can help the environment.� Furthermore,the electricity savings realized by households will only cover theirinvestment after 12 years!

Unless people have the money, we arenot sure why anyone would want to waste $10 000, when they could easilymake their own small wind turbine at home. Although it would be lessefficient than commercial ones, if you built enough of them, you couldeasily make 2000kW hours of power per year.

In fact, many peopleall over the U.S are making their own power systems at home, and theyare showing others how to do it with step-by-step instruction manuals.�We have a list of these manuals in our reviews section if you feel theneed to make your own energy at home.

To conclude, as much as we like the commercial Swift wind turbine,it is not affordable enough for average households to install. So,until technology and prices improveFind Article, we are better off making our ownrenewable energy solutions at home.







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