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Wind Turbines
PacWind, Inc.PacWind is committed to bringing economical, dependable, quiet, and safe wind power to every location on our planet, including the places where we all live, work, shop, and play. Our energy crisis and global climate changes illustrate the critical need for us to utilize renewable energy sources in order to protect our planet. After years of successful research, engineering, and product development, PacWind has created revolutionary products that bring the infinite resource of wind energy into all the urban regions of our world, along with all of the rural and remote regions as well.
The PacWind Alpha Series, which includes the 500w Seahawk and the 5kw Aeolian, are truly ideal for low to moderate wind conditions, but are also indestructible in high winds 100+. The Seahawk is ideal for homes, small commercial buildings, boats, remote power, emergency power, and battery charging. The Seahawk Tower design incorporates 2 to 5 units stacked, with optional solar power. The Aeolian is ideal for homes, commercial and industrial buildings, irrigation/water wells, remote power, and grid tie power generation. The Aeolian Tower design incorporates 2 to 5 units stacked, also with optional solar. To see the other PacWind products visit their web site at http://pacwind.net/. You can also read how Jay Leno is using his PacWind wind turbine at http://www.popularmechanics.com/greengarage.
To find out how a wind turbine will work in your area go to the web site that shows the average wind speed for your area - http://www.awea.org/faq/usresource.html. This will help you in determining if you have enough "average" wind speed in you area to use a small wind turbine. By combining Wind energy with Solar you can power your home no matter if it's day, night, cloudy or sunny. Moving off the power grid and proving renewable energy for you and your family. Check with your state to see if they offer tax incentives for using renewable energy and if not start emailing your representatives - We are!
