Vertical Axis Wind Turbines – A Promising Alternative

You have seen a windmill in most typical Holland postcards. It looks similar to airplane propellers but instead of stirring the wind to create a powerful thrust to move the plane, it does the reverse. A typical wind turbine waits for the wind blow in order to work. So depending on the wind direction the propeller must turn to face the wind flow perpendicularly. Usually, a yaw or a flipper that looks like an airplane’s tail is used to guide the wind blades to face the wind. (more…)

Home Wind Power

Home wind power is a goal shared by many around the world. The ability to fully supply one’s home energy needs using renewable energy sources is beginning to get on everyone’s to-do list of home improvements. And for good reason. It’s clean, green energy, which is good for the planet, and it’s becoming cheaper each year for the average homeowner to get started. The two ways to go about doing this are solar power and wind power. For now, we’ll discuss home wind power(more…)

Welcome To MakeWindPower.org

Welcome to MakeWindPower.org!

We’re glad to see you researching going green. And we’re going to help to do it! You can easily learn how to make wind power at home using the many online resources we’ll cover here. So stay tuned, your going to know how to make wind power in no time!