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In this section you can find information on residential wind turbine systems.  This section provides detailed information on the equipment you need to harness wind energy and the requirements for wind energy sites. 

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Wind Energy Manufacturers

The number of companies involved in the design and development of wind energy technology is growing at a rapid pace given the surging increase in demand.  In general, the market is divided into those that service the large-scale wind turbines used on wind farms and those that target small residential and business wind turbines.  Below is a list of some of the major wind energy manufacturers that target small-scale wind systems.  Note: the descriptions are taken from their web sites so please forgive the marketing speak!

Abundant Renewable Energy

  • 22700 NE Mountain Top Rd.
  • Newberg, OR 97132
  • Phone: (503) 538-8298 Fax: (503) 538-8782
  • E-mail: info@abundantre.comWeb:
  • Web:www.abundantre.com

ARE wind generators are as strong as they come. Designed for harsh climates, they are built simply and ruggedly to quietly last. ARE machines have a large swept area to capture more wind and produce more energy, especially in low wind speeds. These machines produce energy in the winds you get, day in and day out……Power when you need it, not just in storms. ARE manufactures the ARE110 (2.5KW), the ARE442 (10KW), as well as a variety of tower types and sizes.

Aerostar, Inc.

  • PO Box 52
  • Westport Point, MA 02791
  • Phone: (800) 305-8666
  • E-mail: sales@aerostarwind.com
  • Web:www.aerostarwind.com

Bergey Windpower Company

  •  2200 Industrial Blvd.
  • Norman, OK 73069
  • Phone: (405) 364-4212 Fax: (405) 364-2078
  • E-mail: sales@bergey.com
  • Web:www.bergey.com

Bergey Windpower manufactures highly reliable wind energy systems with ratings up to 10 kW. BWC wind turbines have earned a worldwide reputation for ruggedness and reliability and they incorporate the most advanced technology in the industry. They are used for on-grid and off-grid applications such as distributed generation (home, farm, etc.), telecommunications, village electrification, and wind-electric water pumping. Bergey generators are successfully operating in all types of environments from Alaska to Saudi Arabia, in all 50 U.S. states and more than 90 other countries around the world. They may also be used in hybrid systems with photovoltaic cells and diesel generator sets. Complete systems, systems components, engineering services, installations and training can be provided. BWC has a manufacturing and sales subsidiary in China and a technology licensee in Australia.

Bornay Wind Turbines

  • P.I. RIU
  • Cno. Del Campanar, 03420 Catalla (Allicante) Spain
  • Phone: (965) 560-025 (966) 543-077. Fax: +34/965 560 752
  • E-mail: sales@bornay.com
  • Web: www.bornay.com

Energy Maintenance Service, LLC

  • 129 Main Avenue, PO Box 158
  • Gary, SD 57237
  • Phone: (888) 449-5732 Fax: (605) 272-5402
  •  Email: info@energyms.com
  • Web: www.energyms.com

Energy Maintenance Service, LLC (EMS) is a full service provider of high quality, cost effective products and services to the North American wind industry with an emphasis on Construction, Operations & Maintenance, and Component Repairs including control systems and gear boxes. Our client base includes turbine and component manufacturers; wind farm developers, owners, and operators; and industry consulting firms throughout the world.

Based in wind-rich Gary, South Dakota, EMS’ de-centralized operations are highly mobile with a labor force that can provide timely service to all major wind developments located throughout North America.

Entegrity Wind Systems

  • PO Box 832
  • Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L9 Canada
  • Phone: (902)-368-7171
  • Email: info@entegritywind.com
  • Web: www.entegritywind.com

(EWSI) is the manufacturer and distributor of the EW15 wind system, a very reliable 50kW wind turbine, which is particularly suited to wind-hybrid applications in which the power is used directly by the end-user customer. The EW15 is ideal for use by farms, schools, industrial businesses, and municipal waste water treatment facilities in grid tied applications. For remote communities the EW15 can be incorporated into a utility system to provide power to the small villages and towns. The EW15 is a significantly advanced version of the former AOC 15/50. The EW15 can be expected to deliver between 150,000-200,000 kWh per year, depending on the wind regime at the site. The expected useful life of the EW15 is 30 years. EWSI, located in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, has operated successfully since the current management assumed control of the former Atlantic Orient Corporation in 2002

Evance Wind

  • Unit 6, Weldon Road
  • Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 5RN United Kingdom
  • Phone: +44 (0)1509 215669 Fax: +44 (0)1509 267722
  • Web: www.evancewind.com

Originally established as Iskra Wind Turbines Ltd the company has since rebranded as Evance Wind Turbines Ltd and launched the next generation of small wind turbine, the Evance R9000. This is the result of 10 years of dedicated research and development, and is based on our experience of designing big wind turbines. Evance is pioneering the production of exceptional small wind turbines, enabling people all over the world to harness wind energy, and power their future with a clean conscience.

Fortis Wind Energy

Fortis is the world leader in design and manufacturing of high performance stand alone and grid connected wind turbines in the range from 1400 Watt up to 10 kW. Our reputation is built on twenty-five years of experience in providing innovative solutions for the use of wind energy and over 6000 installations. Wind turbines for your weather conditions and for your application

Halus Power Systems

  • 2539 Grant Avenue
  • San Leandro, CA 94579
  • Phone:(510) 278-2212 Fax: (510) 278-2211
  • Web: www.halus.com

Halus Power Systems is a renewable energy products and services company. We help people produce electricity that is both environmentally sound and economical. We are North America’s leading supplier of remanufactured wind turbines and have supplied projects with the largest and widest capacity range of remanufactured wind turbines available anywhere. We also design and manufacture many new wind turbine components including control systems. We stock dozens of wind turbines from 90 kW to 500 kW at our 5 acre facility in San Leandro, California.

Gaia-Wind Ltd

  • Hillington Park
  • 1 Ainslie Road
  • Glasgow G52 4RU United Kingdom
  • Phone: +44 845-871-4242 Fax: +44 141-585-6301
  • Web: www.gaia-wind.com

Gaia-Wind manufactures small and efficient wind turbines for private homes, farms, rural areas and light commercial/industrial facilities. Its flagship 11kW model incorporates more than 20 years of Danish wind industry experience and includes features typically only found in utility-scale equipment: direct grid connection, triple safety system, constant rotor speed, passive stall, gearbox, tip brakes, amongst others. There are over 180 worldwide installations with more than 1,000 years of combined operational history. Gaia-Wind is also the only small wind turbine to have received the coveted Danish HB certification. The firm is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland but retains its manufacturing facilities in Arhus, Denmark.

JBS Solar and Wind LLC.

  • 3315 Bayshore Road
  • North Cape May, New Jersey 08204
  • Phone: (609)884-7373 Fax:(609)884-1619
  • eMail: JBSSolarandWind@2JBS.com
  • Web: 2jbs.com

Kestral wind

  • PO Box 3191
  • North End, Port Elizabeth 6056
  • Phone: +27 (0)41 4012500 +27 (0)41 394 5066
  • eMail: kestrel.admin@eveready.co.za
  • Web: www.kestrelwind.co.za

Lorax Energy

  • 4 Airport Road
  • Block Island, RI 02807
  • Phone: (401) 466-2883 Fax: (401) 466-2909
  • Email: hdp@lorax-energy.com
  • Web: www.lorax-energy.com

Lorax Energy Systems is the North American distributor for the Fuhrländer Wind Turbine Company which builds state-of-the-art wind turbines in from 25kW - 2.5 MW. These machines are suitable for wind farm, distributed generation and wind-diesel applications.

Northern Power Systems

  • 29 Pitman Road
  • Barre VT, 05641
  • Phone: (877)906-6784
  • Email: hdp@lorax-energy.com
  • Web: www.northernpower.com

Northern Power Systems has been delivering innovative wind energy solutions in a changing landscape for over 34 years. Our partnerships with the Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have helped lay the foundation for Northern’s advanced wind turbine technology. From Alaska to Malaysia, our installed base of turbines has logged millions of kilowatt-hours of production to date, demonstrating our commitment to performance and reliability. The company employs over 100 people and its manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing offices reside in Barre, Vermont.

Proven Energy Ltd

  • Wardhead Park
  • Stewarton AyrshireKA3 5LH
  • Scotland, UK
  • Phone: +44 (0) 1355-597-000
  • Email: elena.sutherland@provenenergy.com
  • Web: www.provenenergy.co.uk

Proven Energy is the world’s leading supplier of small scale wind turbines; globally renowned for turbine performance. Our unrivalled experience spans almost thirty years of product inspiration, innovation and development.

Raum Energy

  • 3718A Millar Avenue
  • Saskatoon, SK S7P 0B1
  • Canada
  • Phone: (877) 946-3979 Fax: (306) 651-0605
  • Email: sales@raumenergy.com
  • Web: http://raumenergy.com

Raum Energy Inc. is a Canadian-based wind energy company focused on developing and manufacturing highly robust and reliable wind turbines and grid-tie inverters. We provide a complete wind energy system - turbine, grid-tie inverter and tower.

Solar Wind Works

Solar Wind Works specializes in consultation, sales design, service, and installation of turnkey Renewable Energy Power Systems. Solar Wind Works is a U.S. Distributor for Proven Wind Turbines and associated balance of system components including: towers, power conditioning equipment, monitoring systems, hardware, and energy storage and conversion devices. Whether you are utility grid-connected or grid-independent, need uninterruptible power or not, Solar Wind Works offers custom solutions for all of your energy needs by providing highly reliable power systems that integrate photovoltaics, small wind turbines, micro-hydro turbines and conventionally fueled technologies.

Southwest Windpower

  • 1801 W. Route 66
  • Flagstaff , AZ 86001
  • Phone: (928) 779-9463 Fax: (928) 779-1485
  • E-mail: andy@windenergy.com
  • Web:www.skystreamenergy.com

Windpower is a 20-year old company has been a pioneer in the development of wind technology and has produced over 90,000 generators that provide power to residential homes, remote cabins, telecom transmitters, offshore platforms, water pumping and sailboats. Southwest Windpower produces SkystreamTM, Air and Whisper turbines to meet a variety of residential and industrial needs. Small Wind has never been so easy. Announcing the Skystream 3.7 residential power appliance. It’s the first compact, utility-connected, all-inclusive wind generator designed to provide inexpensive, quiet, clean electricity to reduce or eliminate your home’s monthly energy bill.

West Wind

  • 3 Carmavy Road
  • Crumlin, Co.Antrim BT29 4TF
  • Northern Ireland
  • Phone: 0044 (0) 28 9445 2437
  • E-mail: info@westwindturbines.co.uk
  • Web: www.wwestwindturbines.co.uk

Wind Energy Solutions (WES) Canada

  • 211 Roberts Road
  • Grimsby L3M 4E8, Ontario, Canada
  • Phone: (905) 957-8791 Fax: 905-957-8789
  • E-mail: k.baigent@windenergysolutions.ca
  • Web: www.windenergysolutions.ca

Wind Turbine Industries Corporation

  • 16801 Industrial Circle, SE
  • Prior Lake, MN 55372
  • Phone: (952) 447-6064 Fax: (952) 447-6050
  • E-mail: wtic@windturbine.net
  • Web: www.windturbine.net

The exclusive manufacturer of the Jacobs® wind energy systems since 1986, the wind plants range in size from 10kW to 20kW, with rotor sizes ranging from 23 ft. (7 m) to 29 ft. (8.8 m). These systems can provide power for a broad range of applications, which include Grid Intertie (utility bill reduction) or Hybrid battery charging (remote battery charging). The Jacobs® wind energy systems have over 70 years of history providing clean, quality, reliable and efficient power in the USA and around the world.

Xzeres Wind

  • 9025 SW Hillman Court Suite 3126
  • Wilsonville, Oregon 97070
  • Phone: (503) 388-7350 Fax: (503)212-0109
  • E-mail: info@XZERES.com
  • Web: http://www.xzeres.com/

XZERES Wind designs, manufactures, and distributes high quality distributed wind energy systems. Through innovative design focused on reliability, durability, and simplicity, XZERES Wind offers wind energy solutions with industry leading performance by maximizing energy production through efficiency.

Special Feature
The wind energy field is rapidly maturing and becoming a major source of energy for a growing population. To see a perfect example of this check out our  new feature: The Evolution of Wind Energy in the Tehachapis. The Tehachapi mountains are one of the windiest areas in the U.S. and wind power has been established there for over 30 years. Learn how succeeding generations of wind technology have helped this area become one of the country's top energy producers.
New Products
400 Watt Wind Turbine

The Sunforce  400 Watt Wind Generator uses wind to generate power and run your appliances and electronics. Constructed from lightweight, weatherproof cast aluminum, this generator is also a great choice for powering pumps or charging batteries for large power demands. With a maximum power up to 400 watts or 27 amps, this device features a fully integrated regulator that automatically shuts down when the batteries are completely charged. The 44444 is virtually maintenance free with only two moving parts, and the carbon fiber composite blades ensure low wind noise while the patented high wind over speed technology guarantees a smooth, clean charge. Assembly is required, but this generator installs easily and mounts to any sturdy pole, building, or the Sunforce 44455 Wind Generator 30-Foot Tower Kit. The 44444 uses a 12-volt battery (not included) and measures 15 x 9 x 27 inches (WxHxD).

Wind Factbook
The first windmill for electricity production was built in Cleveland, Ohio by Charles F. Brush in 1888.  By 1908 there were 72 wind-driven electric generators from 5 kW to 25 kW. The largest machines were on 24 m (79 ft) towers with four-bladed 23 m (75 ft) diameter rotors.

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