Working Wind http://www.workingwind.com Wind Jobs, Training, and Information Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:17:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How exactly do wind and solar power companies make their money? http://www.workingwind.com/how-exactly-do-wind-and-solar-power-companies-make-their-money.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-exactly-do-wind-and-solar-power-companies-make-their-money.htm#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:17:24 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-exactly-do-wind-and-solar-power-companies-make-their-money.htm

I only invest in small-cap energy based companies like oil, gas, petroleum, and more recently, wind and solar power.

What I would like to know is how exactly do wind and solar power companies make their money? Please, I’d like to understand the industry a bit better. Thanks!

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/how-exactly-do-wind-and-solar-power-companies-make-their-money.htm/feed 0 What kind of wind proof skirting can I use for my manufactured home? http://www.workingwind.com/what-kind-of-wind-proof-skirting-can-i-use-for-my-manufactured-home.htm http://www.workingwind.com/what-kind-of-wind-proof-skirting-can-i-use-for-my-manufactured-home.htm#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:37:40 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/what-kind-of-wind-proof-skirting-can-i-use-for-my-manufactured-home.htm

I live in Arizona and every summer we get monsoon winds that cause a "wind tunnel" and rip the skirting out from under my manufactured home. I’ve had reinforcement rods installed which did not work. Is there a stronger product or a different way to reinforce it?

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/what-kind-of-wind-proof-skirting-can-i-use-for-my-manufactured-home.htm/feed 1 How to estimate the energy of a wind turbine? http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-estimate-the-energy-of-a-wind-turbine.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-estimate-the-energy-of-a-wind-turbine.htm#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:36:48 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-estimate-the-energy-of-a-wind-turbine.htm

How to estimate the energy of wind turbine?
how do i estimate the annual energy output of a 5kw wind turbine in an area which has a average wind speed of 7.4m/s at 10m above ground level, and the rated wind speed of the turbine is 10m/s. there is no buildins around to interfear with the wind and the hub of turbine is 12m above ground level. and could you show me the formula for this sum.

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-estimate-the-energy-of-a-wind-turbine.htm/feed 1 How to make a wind tunnel and what are the specifications that i would require? http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-make-a-wind-tunnel-and-what-are-the-specifications-that-i-would-require.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-make-a-wind-tunnel-and-what-are-the-specifications-that-i-would-require.htm#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:57:18 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-make-a-wind-tunnel-and-what-are-the-specifications-that-i-would-require.htm

Hi…
I am thinking of making a wind tunnel with test section cross section of 10×10 cm2. and the length of the wind tunnel is 20 cm. i need to know what are the other specifications that i would require to make the wind tunnel work. i am thinking of using a hair dryer for the fan part, will it work?
can you also specify if i can use the hair dryer for driving wind tunnel.

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/how-to-make-a-wind-tunnel-and-what-are-the-specifications-that-i-would-require.htm/feed 1 How is wind energy going to create jobs? http://www.workingwind.com/how-is-wind-energy-going-to-create-jobs.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-is-wind-energy-going-to-create-jobs.htm#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:04:24 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-is-wind-energy-going-to-create-jobs.htm

Not including the green jobs the free market has already taken into account.
Wind energy costs 25% more than coal. In essence our energy productivity will go down by 25%.
Whenever has productivity going down created jobs?
Do not give me the foreign oil, the only time foreign oil is used in energy production is for peeker plants. Wind can not replace that.
As an engineer I like the idea of power and all kinds of power. Also as an engineer I can not see a more expensive means creating jobs.
The 25% more espensive is from my Mechanical ENgineering hand book.
One coal generator vs. about 10,000 for wind for the same power.
where to begin.
I am an engineer.
We wast more energy at night than we currently or probale ever will get from wind.
If you borrow money to put in a plant, the building of the plant is a net zero jobs. As jobs are eliminated from other areas as you pay that back.
Wind will take jobs away from other industries, raise your monthly rate, taking jobs away from other areas.
I never said I was against wind (although we should focus on storage first) I just asked how it would create jobs.
We can still make coal and Nuclear cheaper as well. It was not that long ago the guy designed the new hopper (funny shaped) that prevented cloggs.
Thunder B,
I have evidence from several engineering manual. The link ou produced neglects the energy wasted due to the fact the wind does not blow.
If wind was cheaper it would go in under private investment. And T BOONE pickens would not need money to get it going.
qris,
Productivity decreasing does not create jobs. It may increase the job for that industry, but that means it must cost more and decrease jobs elsewhere. If you it takes a plumber 2X as long as one, you will be out more on plumbing and less on other things.

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/how-is-wind-energy-going-to-create-jobs.htm/feed 1 What battery is best for storing wind generated electricity? http://www.workingwind.com/what-battery-is-best-for-storing-wind-generated-electricity.htm http://www.workingwind.com/what-battery-is-best-for-storing-wind-generated-electricity.htm#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:12:45 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/what-battery-is-best-for-storing-wind-generated-electricity.htm

I am wanting to have a wind turbine/wind mill for my home to supplement or replace the grid electricity I use. I see that the winds come and go. So I need to store some amount of the electricity that my wind mill makes. What is the best and safest battery I can use? What is its cost? How much energy will it store? What recharge rate does it need? Thanks.

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/what-battery-is-best-for-storing-wind-generated-electricity.htm/feed 1 How many wind farms are needed to create the same amount of energy that 1 average sized, nuclear station will? http://www.workingwind.com/how-many-wind-farms-are-needed-to-create-the-same-amount-of-energy-that-1-average-sized-nuclear-station-will.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-many-wind-farms-are-needed-to-create-the-same-amount-of-energy-that-1-average-sized-nuclear-station-will.htm#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-many-wind-farms-are-needed-to-create-the-same-amount-of-energy-that-1-average-sized-nuclear-station-will.htm

I need to find out how much energy 1 average sized, (preferably british), nuclear power plant will produce comapred to wind farms and other renewable sources of energy. Or how many of each type of renewable energy station (e.g how many wind farms) will be needed to produce the power of one average nuclear plant. I need the answers by sunday night please! Thank you!

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/how-many-wind-farms-are-needed-to-create-the-same-amount-of-energy-that-1-average-sized-nuclear-station-will.htm/feed 1 Can you change a wind zone 1 mobile home to a wind zone 2 by adding additional strapping or any other means? http://www.workingwind.com/can-you-change-a-wind-zone-1-mobile-home-to-a-wind-zone-2-by-adding-additional-strapping-or-any-other-means.htm http://www.workingwind.com/can-you-change-a-wind-zone-1-mobile-home-to-a-wind-zone-2-by-adding-additional-strapping-or-any-other-means.htm#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 07:56:33 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/can-you-change-a-wind-zone-1-mobile-home-to-a-wind-zone-2-by-adding-additional-strapping-or-any-other-means.htm

I have a wind zone 1 mobile home that I want to move to a wind zone 2 area. I cannot buy another home and I only 3 1/2 years on this one. Can I strap or set up similar to modular to allow me to have my home in a wind zone 2 area?

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/can-you-change-a-wind-zone-1-mobile-home-to-a-wind-zone-2-by-adding-additional-strapping-or-any-other-means.htm/feed 1 How does a wind turbine convert the wind into energy we can you use? http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-a-wind-turbine-convert-the-wind-into-energy-we-can-you-use.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-a-wind-turbine-convert-the-wind-into-energy-we-can-you-use.htm#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:25:31 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-a-wind-turbine-convert-the-wind-into-energy-we-can-you-use.htm

I’m doing a science project with my best friend, and we want to see if we can convert wave energy into the kind of energy we can use, like a wind turbine. So, we want to know how a wind turbine can convert the wind into energy, then we can do the same with the wave energy. PLEASE help.

]]> http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-a-wind-turbine-convert-the-wind-into-energy-we-can-you-use.htm/feed 1 How does wind speed link to the frequency of the wind? How does wind have a frequency? http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-wind-speed-link-to-the-frequency-of-the-wind-how-does-wind-have-a-frequency.htm http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-wind-speed-link-to-the-frequency-of-the-wind-how-does-wind-have-a-frequency.htm#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:55:35 +0000 admin http://www.workingwind.com/how-does-wind-speed-link-to-the-frequency-of-the-wind-how-does-wind-have-a-frequency.htm

I know how frequency of oscillation affects resonant frequencies, but how does the speed of the wind link to it?

How does wind have a frequency?

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