Rating: ★★★★½
Authors: Jane And Les Oke, WindPlans.com
Pages: 94

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With the costs that our utilities companies charge us ballooning every year and major concerns over the environmental impact of using fossil fuels it’s natural that many of us consider creating our own energy. And one of the most effective methods is by way of a win turbine.

However if you go directly to a professional wind turbine company you will likely pay $1,000+ for a piece of kit like this and so while you will be helping the planet, it will take quite some time to make back the money from your investment.

Now authors and off-grid experts Les and Jane Oke have published a guide based on their own experiences all about how to build your own wind turbine from scratch for a tenth of the cost. Indeed, in the book Les and Jane show a breakdown of the costs they came across and break down the whole project piece by piece to show just how realistic this $100 budget for a wind turbine really is.

One aspect I particularly liked myself was the section on working out how much energy you actually need to power your home in comparison to how much a wind turbine will produce in order to allow you to make an informed decision about the ideal size and/or number of turbines for your purposes.

Besides the obvious benefits of a wind turbine, one of the things that really struck me when reading through the book was just how many different options the authors had to try before they got their system working smoothly. They list all sorts of suppliers, materials and alternatives that they tested before they came up with what they believe to be the easiest and most cost effective manner to build your own turbine.

Is it easy? No, I wouldn’t go that far. Even with this guide you’re going to need to put some work in to actually build and site your turbine but your mission will be a lot easier with this guide than without it! I think the advice they offer is both realistic and detailed-enough to allow the average person to convert much of their energy requirements to renewable sources and for this I applaud them.

If you’re keen to save money while saving the planet then I think this is an excellent investment indeed and one I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It’s clear to me that the authors have a real understanding of what they are talking about.

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