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Hi everyone, I've finally made the decision to install a Vertical Wind Turbine on the roof and it is planned to have it installed next week. (The location isn't perfect but the size of the site means it can only go on the roof for planning permissions reasons.) But that is not the reason for this po...

If there is €400bn available to invest, then surely we should be looking at technologies that don't increase dependence on countries that already hold us over a "barrell"? Surely if there is €400bn available we can look at harvesting wave energy off the west coast of Europe where the polit...

Thanks everyone. I don't know enough about this to answer some of your questions like volume of the primary circuit, and the pump throughput. The pump (yes it looks exactly like an ordinary domestic CH pump ) has just 3 settings. Based on your responses I'll be setting it on the 35w setting for now ...

Thanks Bandidoz, I guess the problem is that sometimes I'm getting enogh hot water and other times I'm not (weather depending). I'm guessing what would be best is some intelligent pump that would increase and decrease flow when necessary? But the issue is I don't have an intelligent pump so I need t...

I've asked this on another forum before but I still haven't been convinced of the answer: I had a flat solar panels water heating system installed early last year but I have a question about the running of it. The circulation pump for the fluid between the panels and the tank has 3 settings. These a...

I just found this website which is chock-a-block with info. about wind turbines. It's written by people who've been through the 'horrors'. They like the Skyrota amongst other brands. The site doesn't work particularly well in Safari so I've asked them to check it. Otherwise, dive in, it's very read...

Wind energy threads like this one make me feel that you need a certain degree of technical expertise to participate in the move towards wind energy at home. Am I wasting my time? I have no engineering or electrical skills. I already have solar water heating so using wind for that is not a runner. Ca...

Welcome corktree. Odd kinda site in a way, that Kedco. Obviously Ireland-biased (Cork!), which is fine, but they've gone to all the trouble of having pages about wind turbines - but then they don't sell 'em. Plus, look at the picture of the turbine in between the houses. If only! Obviously I'll sho...

Hi, I'm new here and I'm looking at switching to wind. There is excellent wind here even on a relatively calm day. We are in an urban setting but there is almost a wind tunnel between the houses leading to our garden. Are there planning restrictions on erecting these in an urban setting?

I'm looking at the financials of erecting a wind turbine to provide some of my domestic power. Is there any advice out there on the relative benefits or disadvantages of horizontal axis wind turbines versus vertical axis wind turbines ? The vertical ones probably look better but this is not about lo...