wind power

Wind can be a great source of power too! here is a neat article:

Auto Parts Store Embraces Small Wind Turbines
Greenville Auto Skystream turbines

Greenville, NY – This small town Southwest of Albany experiences plenty of wind. But when large utility-scale wind farm developers inquired, local residents were concerned about the impact on their landscape.

With small-scale wind power, the story is different. After Skystream was introduced here, the response has been overwhelmingly positive.

After learning about small wind power at a Little Live Earth event organized by his daughter and her friends, Mark Wilcox decided to install wind power at his business. Since October, two Skystream 3.7 wind turbines have provided Wilcox with 20% of the electricity used by his store, Greenville Auto and Truck Parts.

Wilcox spent about $30,000 to have the two systems installed, and he says it is worth it, whatever the length of the payback period. “I’m trying to do my part, leaving less of a footprint,” Wilcox says. “I feel good about it.”

Wilcox plans to add more turbines, about one per year, until the store is completely powered by wind.

Located on a state highway and across the street from a high school, the turbines, which sit on a hill above the store, draw a lot of attention.

A homeowner next door became so interested that he is buying his own Skystream.