Assessing Your Site

Quentin Gargan continues to explain how to assess your site to get the most output from your turbine. This is the third lecture, and Gargan goes over:

• The Weibull curve
• The Wind speed Calculator
• Power curves
• Wind maps
• Calculating Power output
• Other Influences on a turbine
  • Hollows
  • Turbulence
  • Air density
  • Rain
  • Battery Systems
  • Financial Costs

Since producing this video, some websites have changed their location. If you are running the procedures outlined for doing a site survey, you should use the following sites;

SEAI wind maps – click here

Calculate average wind speed – click here

Estimate annual output – click here

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