Small electric wind turbines for residential or small commercial use have been available for more than three decades. The current technology is highly reliable and converts wind energy into electricity efficiently. Wind turbines for a residential application typically range in electrical output capacity from 500 watts up to 10 kilowatts. These systems are mounted on towers between 60 and 100 feet off the ground and may have blades or rotors, similar to those on an aircraft engine, up to 25 feet in diameter.
Land use
Permits are required before installing towers and wind turbines in Oregon. Contact county and local government planning and construction permitting agencies. Do this early on in the process to determine what land use and construction permits you will need for your site and how long those processes take.
Interconnection
You will need electrical building permits. If your system is connected to the utility power grid, you will have to identify the terms and conditions of connecting to your utility's service. Those terms and conditions should cover both installing and connecting your turbine as well as the terms and conditions of any exchange or purchase of power from your wind resource.
Murphy International
Development, LLC
65 Redding Road
Georgetown, CT
06829-0807 USA
phone: (203) 544-8303
info@murphyintldev.com
Murphy International Development services independent power producers and developers of renewable and conventional plants including; solar, wind, Biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal, CHP, cogeneration and alternative fuels projects.
