How Much Wind Do You Need?


Wind can be deployed at a variety of scales, from serving a single home to serving an entire region. How big can turbines get and how much power do they provide? Click below to see a graphic of how much wind you need to power a home, town and region.

How Much Wind Do You Need? (PDF)

*These examples are provided to give a general sense of the amount of wind required for different electricity needs. In practice, the amount of electricity and number of turbines needed for each application can vary significantly from what is shown. In planning to install a wind turbine, the number of turbines and local wind resources need to be determined on a case by case basis.

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