and you have one type of home wind turbine. Manufacturers have come up with a number of creative designs that fall into one ...

For many environmental enthusiasts, horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs ... Not bad for a home-made wind power generator! There aren’t only pros to the design, however.

This vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) uses five 3” PVC pipes cut in half for blades rotating on three kids bicycle wheels to spin an Ametek 38 volt motor or a wind blue alternator. The whole ...