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Yep wind absolutely sucks ass for off grid, expensive, high maintenance, low output, unless you live super far north (or south) or literally on a boat there is
by lm28469 2y ago
Yep wind absolutely sucks ass for off grid, expensive, high maintenance, low output, unless you live super far north (or south) or literally on a boat there is no reason to opt for wind over solar: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/04/small-windmills-put-to-the-test/ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/04/small-windmills-pu...
Five square meters of solar panel (~1kWp) will beat any small scale windmill for <10% of the price anywhere in the US and Europe south of Denmark