The Power of Wind is a Great source of POWER...

Wind is the movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.  Wind is a
clean source of renewable energy that produces no air or water pollution.  Wind powered battery
charging systems can be cost effective if the average wind speed is nine miles per hour (mph) or
more at the location of the wind generator.  Wind speed is a critical feature of wind resources,
because the energy in wind is proportional to the cube of the wind speed.  Wind flow patterns are
modified by the earth's terrain, bodies of water, and vegetative cover.  Wind power has a low
marginal cost and a high proportion of capital cost.  Wind power consumes no fuel, and emits no air
pollution, unlike fossil fuel power sources.

Power

And as long as the wind blows, people will harness it to power their lives.  The growth in wind
power capacity was nearly four times the growth in nuclear power capacity.  The power available from
the wind is proportional to the cube of the wind speed.  When the wind speed doubles, the power
delivered is eight times as great.

Project

Building a wind generator from scratch is not THAT difficult of a project.  Large wind generators of
2000 Watts and up are a major project needing very strong construction, but smaller ones in the
700-1000 Watt, 8-11 foot range can be built fairly easily.
There are a number of other pages on this site dedicated to wind power information, an overview of
what this technology has to offer.  I hope you find the solar and wind power information in this
guide helpful in your decision to Go Solar.