Planning for Your Small Wind Turbine
The Ballpark Cost

 

Below, enter your electrical needs and location to determine if wind is affordable for you, based on the wind regime and electricity rates in your area. The first set of results you see will be a sample affordable turbine package that meets a sizeable portion of your electrical needs. After that, you can play with the turbine size and number of turbines to explore the cost implications of supplying a higher percentage of your electricity and/or selling electricity to the grid.

 
    
  Geographical and Energy Provider Information
Canadian Postal Code:
Where would you install it?
Residential or Commercial Use:
Would the turbine(s) be used to supply electricity to a home or business/institution or farm?
Grid Connection
Would you be connecting your small wind system to an electrical grid or using it off-grid?
Utility Region
Please select your electricity region.
 
   

Electricity Use: Enter one of the three pieces of information below:

  
 
Cost and Kilowatt Information 1. My typical monthly electric bill is $ .00
OR 2. Over the course of a year I use Kilowatt hours of electricity.
 
OR
 3. A typical monthly electric bill in the season is:

$ in the winter
$ in the spring
 $ in the summer
$ in the fall