How Much Do Wind Turbines Cost

W Wlnd 1urblnes come ln varlous slzes and
prlces dependlng on Lhe kW you wlll needŦ l
wlll go lnLo flndlng ouL home many kW you
wlll need ln Lhe nexL arLlcleŦ lor rlghL nowţ l
wlll flxaLe on Lhe 10 kW wlnd LurblneŦ 1here
are many manufacLurers ouL Lhere wlLh all
dlfferenL klnds of prlclng dependlng on
wheLher you are a doŴlLŴyourself person or lf
you need lnsLallers Lo compleLe Lhe
lnsLallaLlonŦ
W lf you are golng Lo Lle lnLo Lhe grld wlLh lLţ you
wlll need experL lnsLallers plus an elecLrlclanŦ
1hese people add Lo Lhe cosLŦ l wlll glve you
esLlmaLed cosLs for wlndmllls uslng 10 kW
Lhen you wlll have Lo flnd ouL how much your
lnsLaller and elecLrlclan wlll charge you Lo Lle
lnŦ
W uoŴlLŴ?ourself person could poLenLlally use a
wlnd Lurblne Lo [usL run Lhe barnţ garage buL
noL Lhe maln house or lf you llve ln Lhe
counLry Lhe whole house off Lhe grldŦ
8emember all sLaLes have dlfferenL laws
regardlng lnsLallaLlon of wlnd LurblnesŦ
W 9rlces from across Lhe globe dlfferŦ l am glvlng
you uS prlces ln uS dollarsŦ 10 kW slngle
phase could cosL as much as $31ţ000 noL
lnsLalledŦ uo noL leL LhaL number scare youŦ
1he prlces go down from LhereŦ lor exampleţ
a 7Ŧ3 kW wlnd generaLor would cosL roughly
$23ţ000Ŧ
W -ow you are saylngţ ºl don'L have LhaL klnd of
moneyŦ" 1he federal governmenL and sLaLe
governmenL are glvlng rebaLes or Lax credlLs
for lnsLalllng Lhese Lypes of sysLemsŦ ?ou wlll
need Lo check wlLh your sLaLe Lo see lf Lhey
are offerlng rebaLesŦ ?ou can also check wlLh
Lhe governmenL as Lhey have programs LooŦ
9lease be aware Lhe rebaLes requlre properly
compleLed paperwork Lo geL Lhe rebaLeŦ
W We are small farmers and we declded Lo buy a
wlnd LurblneŦ We boughL [usL Lhe Lurblne and
Lhe moLor along wlLh a converLed for
approxlmaLely $300Ŧ We Lhen had Lo buy Lhe
masL (pole) and groundlng wlresŦ ll ln allţ lL
cosL us approxlmaLely $13000Ŧ00 Lo puL up an
800 W (whlch ls less Lhen 1 kW)Ŧ We Lrled a
cheap slmple seLup Lo see lf lL would work ln
our area and lL hasŦ We are looklng forward Lo
bulldlng a more powerful oneţ whlch wlll
probably cosL $8ţ000 or more Lo add Lo our
currenL sysLemŦ
W s l saldţ wlnd Lurblnes are cosLly buL ln Lhe
long run as our elecLrlc and gas bllls keep
golng upţ Lhls wlll never change Lhe cosL of $0
for energy Lo run your houseŦ ?ou are
probably Lhlnklng wow! $23ţ000 Lo buy one
for my whole house LhaL ls a loL of money!
Well leL me glve you Lhe run down on Lhe
federal and sLaLe rebaLes for Lhese sysLems
uslng llorlda as an exampleŦ
W nergy Savlngs ln llorldať (2010)
W Ŵ sLlmaLed SysLem CosLť $26ţ000
W Ŵ lederal/SLaLe 1ax CredlLť $3ţ000
W Ŵ SLaLe/uLlllLy 8ebaLeť $16ţ000
W Ŵ -eL CosLť $7ţ000
W Ŵ CumulaLlve LlfeLlme Savlngs (23 ?ears)ť $44ţ162
W Ŵ lnvesLmenL 8eLurnť 22Ŧ9Ʒ
So you can see LhaL Lhe quesLlonţ ºPow much do
wlnd Lurblnes cosL?" can be varled dependlng on
sLaLeţ how much wlndţ and lf Lhere are local
uLlllLy rebaLes for wlnd energyŦ
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