Ahh, the first step on a new journey. Before we jump into building a wind generator you'll need to do a little background work first. The most important is to figure out how much energy you want your wind generator to produce. First though, we have to check and make sure that wind energy is right for you.

In order to find out whether wind energy is right for you we'll need to take a look at the average wind speeds in your area. I have wind maps for both the USA and Canada and here are the links. I'll explain what you're looking for after.

http://www.windatlas.ca/en/maps.php?field=EU&height=30&season=ANU

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/wind_maps.asp

Great, so what am I looking for?

I'm going to break down what you're looking for into Canada and USA. Let's take a look at the USA map. As long as you live in a colored area you can easily have a wind generator. The burnt orange color means that wind speeds are only about 14 - 15MPH, but this is more than enough using the low wind speed design. If you live in a white area you might have a little bit of trouble making a wind generator work, although it's not the end of the world. Your local municipality will know how to get you wind speed records so if you want more information you can contact them. If you need a little help you can always contact me and I'll see what I can do.

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