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Energy return on investment

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Windmill with air compressor instead of electric generator

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Turning kinetic energy from wind directly into heat (hot water)

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Passive wind technology? (How do we harness the power of wind without storing it as electricity?)

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Archimedes - most efficient wind turbine?

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Small wind turbines might not be worthwhile

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Function stacking windmill

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Wind Power

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Generator conversion

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Backup wind power

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?? Opinions / options for small 400-600 Watt windmill for pond aeration system??

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Brainstorming a windmill air-compressor design

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Smart Drive wind generator

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alt energy sources: cans and can'ts

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Chimney Power?

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"Jumbo" horizontal windmill

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100 Watt generator - net metering? sell excess power to the utility at $0.25/kWh.

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My Home-Made 0$ DIY Vertical Axis VAWT prototype concept

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Using a spinning chimney cowl?

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simple wind turbines safety mechanism?

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Rocket Stove Steam for Turbine

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Homemade Wind Turbine Tutorial - Looks good?

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Negative drag wind powered car..goes faster than HEAD ON wind

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Wind catchers- a study

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wind-powered non-electric refrigerator

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Wind turbine recommendations

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I made a small dynamo and failed

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I live in Central Texas. I was wondering if this is the right place for evaporative cooling?

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Search for those with experience with windmill driven wells

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micro wind power

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Low wind turbine?

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Wind turbine from bicycle wheel

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generator floats up high to harvest stronger winds

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Mini Wind Turbines For Rooftops: ‘Up to 50% More Power’ and No Spinning Blades

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Properties of Wind

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Storing wind-produced heat in a mass to heat a home?

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building your own wind turbine for a 24v system

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3D printer and horizontal wind turbines

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Axial Flux wind-turbine 2011 Returns to sky

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Producing heat directly with wind power?

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Wind Power in a Low Wind Area

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How A Wind Powered Sawmill Works- AMAZING

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$750 wind turbine producing 3-5 kwhrs/day?

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New bladeless wind turbine

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Kite based wind power - prototype design

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5W for $25 VAWT

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vertical turbine pole / tower

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Home made generator with anti cogging

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Vertical Axis Wind Turbine with ring gear/flywheel?....

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non electric fridge and lighting.

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If You Have a Choice, Go Solar PV over Wind

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Need help installing Endurance wind turbine

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THE WIND IS FREE!

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wind brake?

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Bendy blades on wind turbines

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Small wind turbine mounted to old satellite dish bracket?

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A reminder to choose your site carefully

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help identify name of air current motion

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ancient wind mill in iran

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Novel Idea I have never heard of anything like this before! (slight sarcasm)

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