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Savonius turbines look cool. If your neighbors ask, just tell them it's a kinetic sculpture. You'll sound so sophisticated.

Yes, please, DO create more videos on residential wind power. There are so many wind power turbines you can find on UKposts, but getting reliable information on them is difficult. Some of the ones I am interested in are Liam F1 (Archimedes turbine), Solarwind Pro, Tulip wind turbine, and many others. It seems they keep popping up regularly. The Harmony turbine looks interesting for residential use. The Aeromine only seems practical for industrial or business applications. They don't seem practical for residential roofs. Please consider the noise level of the turbine. This will be an important factor in keeping the peace with your neighbors.

The big advantage of the Savonius turbine is obviously that it is independent of the direction of the wind opposed to the Aeromine system

I've been keeping my eye on Harmony's progress for years and am still waiting to see some real-world data on power output vs. swept area and wind speed. Granted it's clever and looks really cool, but viability is still a major question mark in my mind. You might say I'm a bigger "fan" of the Aeromine approach.

I’m so glad there are companies continuing to explore the needs of homeowners with “dirty” wind. We have no hope for solar and being in a steep narrow valley all we have is dirty wind.

I really like Harmony's approach to this and I hope Aeromine makes more headway too. We need more small scale wind production.

@ Matt...YES PLEASE could you please do a deeper dive into wind power in urban environments. I live in the city centre and due to our geography there is always wind blowing.

So happy to see harmony getting more exposure. I really think they've got the answer to wind generation for homeowners.

Yes. Please do more on this field and on Harmony. And, thank you for helping to get the word out that the data on these designs is and has been wrong. This has been holding back progress for long enough, and I'm not convinced that it hasn't been on purpose.

Love to see Harmony turbines getting more attention, I've been following them for a while already. I love the design and how it's potentially still useable well beyond when traditional wind turbines have had to cease function. I actually had just watched this after watching a different video on building integrated PV panels, which makes me think of what it could be like to essentially turn a skyscraper into a power production facility, covering the glass with solar panels, using any maintenance floors as potentially giant airfoil's for Aeromine's style turbines, and I'd love to see Harmony style turbines running up the entire corner(s) of the buildings, just constantly feeding off of whatever prevailing winds are there.

I've worked and talked with a few ranchers or well installers, and I've been told the cheapest most reliable way for pumping water for life stock was to use windpumps. So I'm surprised that there aren't more wind turbines for rural areas, especially when you consider how unreliable power could be in rural areas. When I worked on a ranch in South Texas, rain an hour away could disrupt power on the ranch.

This is the second time I have come across Harmony, and found the other company very intriguing. Would love a deep dive on residential wind power.Very interested. Thanks for breaking these topics down!!!

Fluid dynamics is a trip for sure. I like Zipline's drone delivery approach with their engineers which is an "assume you know nothing" approach. They came up with a wind prop/blade design that is way outside the box.

There is a company in Europe (The Netherlands to be precise), called Ibis Power, that has a system similar to the Aeromine company you featured. The biggest difference is that they marry solar directly on top of their wind turbines. So when you buy there system you get both. They have been deploying them on tall buildings in Europe so far.

This is so cool. Where I live, solar is not an option (Quebec, you know, too far north). But the wind is blowing so strong, each day of the year... we have to really secure our winter car protections in order to prevent it to be blown away. 2 years ago, the wind was so strong that like 20% of all of them were blown or at least, partially detached. I'm even planning to plant a vegetal hay in order to limit wind damage to my fruit trees so they can grow more vertically instead of being pushed back. I don't know if they are looking for test beds, but this area is really well suited for it, especially because QC is not a traditionnal solar area.

Didn’t hear this mentioned in the video but one of the largest drawbacks to residential wind generation is the noise that most systems produce. Generally the higher the rpm the worse it is, especially if not maintained to laboratory standards.

Would love to see more videos on niche wind power (roadsides, rooftops, urban canyons, etc.). These applications might never make sense in grid scale operations, but the long tail of wind could provide a significant amount of on-site generation for a distributed future.

Hi Matt. A friend of mine just imported one of those tulip style vertical turbines to test to determine with our Cape Town wind, whether it will produce the results in generating power. The wind blows a lot here in Cape Town during the summer so a turbine solution like this, if all testing goes well, will be a game changer.

Matt, I’m building a new home in Plymouth Mass and I am largely following in your steps with solar, Span entrance panel, back up batteries…. Located 1/3 mile from Cape Cod Bay and 160 ft up, we almost always get wind. Obviously, this probably makes my location a better than average one for residential wind. Keep doing what you are doing on wind. Could you add a segment on how to integrate solar and wind into a system of systems that work harmoniously? Thanks, love your channel!

Yes! Deeper dives please! Would be interested in if you are seeing options from Europe. Similar to parts of US Northern Europe sees a dramatic fall off in solar generation from late September (particularly here in Ireland) but we have no shortage of wind. Keen to understand more and thanks for being at the bleeding edge!

Matt, Robert Murray Smith did a wonderful series of videos about variable speed transmissions, with the intent to employ these in wind turbines of various composition (horizontal and vertical). This arrangement can be applied to deliver a steady stream of motion from an unsteady source--or, applied electrically, as in the case of a transformer, to exchange amps for volts, and alter the power delivery if that is what's required, rather like an infinite version of a ten-speed bicycle. Rather than reduce the rotation--in which you are losing the potential of that resource--you can simply convert this to another form if a variable speed transmission were employed. I wonder if there is a residential or small scale wind energy research team working on this concept.

Please keep providing updates on development of wind power. They are appreciated. We currently have solar, but one can always use some extra energy! I also appreciate your updates on solar storage batteries.

Thanks for the video (update). There is no singular magic bullet for sustainable energy. Finding solutions that can be done in parallel covering multiple environments is awesome. The Harmony solution is very intriguing and I could see putting two them on our roof as soon as they are available. I hope they focus on simplicity to keep maintenance and manufacturing down. In aviation, we have leading edge slats on some airplanes that lower stall speed when deployed. The beauty is they automatically deploy at slow speed based on air pressure. No electronics, gears, motors, etc. Simple. Reliable. Effective .. and lighter and cheaper than an overly designed solution. Would love to see Harmony open and close using a similar approach.

Very interesting, we live in the Swedish countryside and have a couple of possible places for wind turbines. Size isn't a big problem for us, we can put up at one or two where there are open fields outside our farm with decent wind quality I would think. We got our solar installation done with 42 panels on the south-facing part of our roof, but it wasn't finished until late autumn so we haven't seen its full potential yet (16.8 KW max according to specs). It truly is an exciting time for creating a more self-sufficient home (not only power and heat but also growing our own food) Keep the videos coming, I love them❤

Keen to have a pair of harmony turbines on my solar catamaran. Love the folding blade idea.

Another great video, thank you Matt. What I felt was missing was more data on how much power these turbines can generate, ideally compared to the output of a solar panel. That gives us a sense of how many one would need to power different types of buildings.

Definitely interested in more on this topic, Matt Ferrell. On the grouping of vertical turbines, there was a study by a university in the UK that found that vertical wind turbines could be 'stacked' up to 8 deep and only lose 5% of the wind. Came out some years back (think I saw it on the BBC?) Funny thing is, I believe off-shore wind via utilities and distributed solar PV would be a better option.

I like the sound of the roof ones, especially if its found that having them closer together can actually improve them.

PLEASE keep us updated on residential wind power. I’m going to participate as soon as we know the 5 Ws. In my mind there is zero chance this is not the future for running our homes cleanly and efficiently. Thank you!

My dad put wind on his off grid cottage, and the problem was noise. We even looked for lower noise turbines. It ruined the peace, and we took it down. It was a ton of energy.

Our house is odd, we are a corner house at a crossroad of streets. We basically have wind funneled to us, kind of like a stream. It's been consistently windy since 2007 when we moved in. Right now, in 2024, it's absurd how windy it's been. I'm in NC. That whole thing with the Aeormine, is basically what's going on with my house. It funnels down the street, hit's a second stream coming from the side street, and then creates wild winds at my house all the time.

I’m in Texas and wind is gusting to near 40mph today so I love learning more about how to potentially harness it! Thanks!

Matt is the kind of guy who can put the wind in our sails! 🎉😊

Hi Matt... We have solar on our existing house but plan on moving to our lake house which funnels the wind coming down the lake. Harmony's design looks awesome for these gusting erratic winds. We also plan on solar and battery back-up so the combo could be a win win. More on wind please.

I live in South Dakota, and we have a lot of pasture wells with the towers from the "old west style" wind pump towers. The pumps have been replaced with electric pumps. This means they have a tower, and electrical connection.The idea of employing these existing infrastructure pieces to generate additional wind power has been bumping around my head for a while. Thanks for the informative video.

fascinating stuff! I live in Southern Alberta and it feels like its ALWAYS windy here. Being able to bring wind power from out on the foothills and into the suburbs opens so many possibilites!

Yes would love to see more on urban wind. We live in a 6 story condo with a lot of open park space around us. This would make us a great candidate to use wind. Just it would have to be hurricane resistant as we are in Florida.

As usual Matt, I enjoy your content. I am excited about wind turbines as I live on a 1.3 acre lot on top of a hill. The downside is that we have an abundance of trees, which blocks and / or causes swirling winds. I will continue to follow you to see the development of wind turbines. Keep the videos coming.

Thank you for the great work. I would love more on the vertical urban rooftop wind turbines.

I live in the East hills of Silicon Valley and have thinking about something like this for years. Have solar. Would like to add wind too, as in the rainy season get significant wind here. Glad to hear this is being worked on.

I've been looking into this for over 20 years, ever since Honeywell was trying to market their shaftless turbine. I think vertical axis is a much better solution for the small generators, and Harmony looks very interesting. One issue I've run into is that the makers of PV controllers, like Enphase, do not support the connection of turbine output to their convertors. If you have a PV system and want to add wind, there are no good solutions on the market. Any info on this would be welcome.

What a shock to hear my alma mater, Bucknell University, mentioned on an undecided video 😱 Fun fact while in engineering school there I helped revive an old wind turbine that had been sitting on the campus farm, unused, after getting hit by lighting. I led a team which designed and installed a standalone energy conversion and storage system for the turbine which is still there to this day. The farm uses it to power all their tools from the power of the wind. 😁 That project really sparked my interest and love for wind energy and im so happy to hear about all the innovations coming in the near future for residential production!

Yes please talk about these residential wind companies!! Especially the urban/city targeted companies.

A deeper dive into O-Wind and Harmony would be appreciated. I follow Robert Murray Smith and his explorations of various wind turbines and his theme of cheap vs efficiency.... worth a look.

I love the research of small scale wind turbines. As somebody living in the north of Norway where we have very little sun and a lot of wind, this could become a life changer for us

Two things I been thinking about for wind turbine, one for on/above roof smaller turbines and two converting an old wind power well pump

Love your informative videos. 02:41 Yes, I would love to see a video from you exploring wind energy harnessing in urban spaces. Thank you, Matt. Your subscriber 🙏

Great video! Love the new studio and lighting. I would be interested in seeing how aesthetic preferences for different turbine designs sway public opinion and the feasibility of mass-deployed wind, especially in urban areas. When I talk to people, that seems to be one of their main concerns.

Thanks for sharing this. I’ve been hoping for residential vertical access wind turbines for years. In northwest Iowa, we have large wind turbine farms because while we have perfect sunlight 1/3 of the year, we have wind for like 80 - 90% of it. I’ve wanted to generate electricity on the farm this way for years.

Yes please create more videos on residential wind turbines!

I do have a suggestion that I think would make this information more relatable to a homeowner: tell us how much power these are capable of producing. With all the talk in the last few years about EVs, I have learned how much energy is a lot. For instance, the AC outlets built into some Ford trucks tell us that they can supply 400 watts, or about enough to power four 100 watt light bulbs. That's something that I can relate to. So would one of the turbines you reviewed be enough to power a home?

Deep dive desired desperately

I'm glad that there are innovators in this sector! It drives me crazy that people insist that a certain type of energy generation has a certain limitation, therefore it couldn't possibly be any good and we shouldn't bother. We've barely even started to solve this sustainable energy problem. Humans are extremely creative, we'll come up with more ideas.

Really enjoying the new background set design! Nice work, inproves the delivery of your content.

Yes! I'd love to see more about new wind turbine designs for urban areas. Thanks!

Matt, it seems likely that a hybrid approach using both solar and wind for residential energy augmentation will be a growing industry over the next decade. It would be interesting to gain an understanding of how this can be integrated into a home’s electrical system when adding the fact that most of us will also continue to have a utility company supply power to our homes.

Matt, I want to thank you. I was inspired by your videos to find a way to invest in some of these startups. Last year, I found Harmony Turbines via a site that allowed me to buy shares of the company. I am thrilled to see them featured in your video today, because I am in love with their concept. They still have a ways to go, but I am proud to be able to be a small part of it.

This is great to see. I've been saying vertical turbines are the future, but the Bernouilli design is also very interesting.

I'm glad your giving exposure to Harmony.

Like you, when I was planning my new home I was looking into possible home energy production options and stumbled upon Harmony. They looked extremely promising at the time and are looking better now. I love their design and will be following their development in the future. One of the best things about them is their stuff can be sourced domestically and doesn't require reliance on foreign rare earths. I also don't really see them having the same issue as having to strip and replace thousands of acres of turbines (vs solar) every ten to twenty years - perhaps just replace some gears and tighten some bolts. These things are set to be the Maytag of home wind generation.

Interesting, Matt, but we are yet to see a single meaningful number: not just raw efficiency, but actually measured production in a realistic installation.

More information on all the small start ups!! yes please Also on tidal / wave generation, this one is absolutely key for sustainability, and is currently even less publicised than wind!!

I’m so excited for this. We live in a wind tunnel. Also want one for on top of the RV. Vertical on its side to charge while driving and dip vertical when parked.

Great video. I would like to see a deeper dive into those companies mentioned in the beginning of the video. Thank you for all your hard work!

Great video, good content, i would like to see more content about the smaller wind generation setups out there for personal home use, how much those would generate, and when they become worth getting, and if battery storage is smart with the wind generation of energy, and or if best combined with solar, so please let me know what you think about it

Great ideas with these small wind turbines from these startups, cool!) Thanks Matt!

I’m up on the eastern ridge, of Massa-choose-its Pioneer Valley@ 1300 ft above sea level. Been here for 50 yrs, and always pay attention to ‘which way the wind blows.’ We had a tornado, in 2006, that re-defined, my witness, of wind speed and duration. My town , regularly, have power generation projects, as all power transmission lines, run thru this town ( of 900 residents, 450 houses, 66% of the land is forest, owned by the state)to service the state . We generate water, at 1200 ft, which fills a 5-town built reservoir , that is for the eastern half, of Mass.

Harmony is one I've been watching for a few years now and I'm interested to see where it goes. The issue for where I am is that we have 4-6 months of snow and I'm still waiting for something that does well in snow and not just snow, but in heavy snow loads.

Wind doesn't work on small scales like residential. You're dealing with two fundamental issues: - The Betz Limit - The Power in Wind equation The Betz Limit is basically a theoretical number of the maximum efficiency you can possibly get. At most, only 59.3% of the kinetic wind energy can be used to spin the turbine and generate electricity. Remember this is a theoretical limit; in practice, you're going to be closer to 40%. The Power in Wind equation is given as: P = 1/2 x ρ x A x V³ Where: P = power in Watts ρ = air density (kg/m³, at about 1.2 at sea level) A = Swept area of the blades (m²) V = Velocity of the wind So, no matter how good your turbine is (and it doesn't matter what type you have), you will get in practice at most 40% of the wind energy converted to electricity. To capture the wind energy in the first place, you have two variables to increase (one in your control, the other not): swept area and wind velocity. The smaller you make the turbine, the faster you need to spin to make any meaningful energy. The only variable you control is the swept area, which means making the blades as big as possible. Also notice that the velocity is cubed in that equation, so you'll generate much, much less power at low wind speeds. In other words, it doesn't work because physics. Never mind the noise and maintenance requirements.

I did see Robert Murray Smith make a type of wind turbine a long time ago that could seemingly generate electricity with little to no wind (its a small thing that produces less than a watt if I remember correctly). Other companies were doing similar things but targeting vibration as the generation source, instead of wind... hard to remember the details as it was a few years ago that I followed some of those projects, but I do remember Robert making a Darwin wind turbine similar to how Aeromine works, but it just redirects the wind from around the housing down onto the stationary turbine. They did upload a small 3d printable model that could also be made with scrap metal (if you had the time and fabrication knowhow) or plastic due to its simple shape and design.

I'd love to see that multi-blade VAWT shown in the roll-in, operating in a 60 mph breeze (fairly common in Texas). Showtime!!! I have built wind turbines for over 50 years as an avocation. That said, I rely on a handful of $30 12-volt PV panels feeding a central air battery. The key to usefulness of any form of alternative power is storage. An air battery runs my homestead's electrical energy needs quite well. Redirecting the amount of money spent on fancy mechanical devices destined to eventually fly apart in a storm ( been there, experienced that) a rooftop air battery would be out of sight atop a roof, last forever (no moving parts) and cost a fraction of a fraction of the cost of ANY turbine!

Matt would LOVE to see you dive deeper on current turbines for homes vs industrial applications! We have so much [strong] wind here in the UK anything would probably work here!

I am very interested in Harmony Turbines. Their CEO is passionate about using wind that's there, but that nobody else is using. These might lack efficiencies of big turbines, but they can catch up when the others have to stop generating completely. I have longed for snall scale wind generation for years and this is promising! Please keep us updated, Matt, I love your down-to-earth channel!

A deeper dive into the specific designs you mentioned would be a great idea. :D

Yes please more videos on residential wind!! ❤

Archimedes turbines are also quite the thing, be interesting to understand how they all compare in equalised tests - this is what people need to help decide what's best for their situation.

Vertical turbines for home use in urban areas would be very beneficial. I'd like to see vertical turbines on the tops or corners of taller (office/apartment) buildings. Can you image a 10+ story building with vertical turbines on all 4 corners, from the 2nd story up? That could be a lot of power production.

Matt Ferrell thank you so much for constantly educating us, the work you're doing is important.

So what interests me here is the Harmony Turbine solution where I see them running prototypes at ground level. If they can be aesthetically pleasing and elevated just enough to be out of reach of kids / pets in backyard, and able to generate enough power to keep night-time use of home powered (~1 kW anytime I look at my Tesla Solar app at night), then our Powerwalls would more consistently last through the night and keep us 100% self-powered. Even if this technology is not yet proven and ready, I love to learn about these developments, so thank you for doing a fine job covering in detail as you did, including interviews with the company representatives. Edit: The Aeromine solution is also cool, but I think better for commercial buildings (especially larger warehouses I see around my area). Not as applicable to my interest in residential solutions.

Certainly a topic of the moment. I've been running turbines of various shapes for more than 40 years now. Noise and vibration, and thus shaking loose, are a problem for building mounted turbines, and our building materials usually don't cope with long term vibrations too well. This is why I think most turbine success stories have traditionally been with installations in remote areas. I always liked Savonius rotors but its true the fixed ones can't be easily shut down and power out is proportional to the cube of the windspeed, so a 1 KW domestic Savonius at 20 ft/sec will try to generate 125Kw at 100 ft/second ( a moderate gale) - and 125 Kw continuous power is a lot to manage. I like the rotational furling idea, but again the rotor speed will dramatically increase as the diameter decreases due to conservation of ( rotational) momentum so that will need to be dealt with. Its a situation where the governor unfortunately makes the problem worse by governing. Sure the aerofoil is less exposed when its retracted - thats good - but you need to be able to absorb the extra power reliably. I had a wind blade travel half a mile at high speed once, and that was terrifying in a huge gale. You (we) need to look at the generator output vs rotational speed and work out something smart there too. One of my little turbines changes blade shape in high wind to shed the excess power, and the sound it makes is terrifying, like a huge banshee. All those Kilowatts going into sound!

We live near Kennedy Space Center in FL. We always have a breeze even though we are about 5 miles from the ocean. Turbines that could self dampen during a big storm while are not around sound really amazing!

I LOVE your videos... what amazing news everytime I watch one! With this video... it sounds like the two wind turbine companies could benefit each other... putting their two stack venturi effect turbine design and put it in front of the articulating fin/scoop design from harmony would multiply the effects because of the low pressure zone then blowing into the other. You could most likely make this for places that have predictable and consistent wind direction

You put 10% of a solar farm on your roof, you get 10% of the power of that solar farm. However with turbines having a square relation to the power, you put a 10% size turbine on your roof you get root-10 - or 3%. Then there is the height/site suitability and close by turbulence. Bottom line, wind does not scale to small turbines. What you need is a community to get together and 100 homes get a big community wind turbine.

I am an professional engineer with a lifetime background in manufacturing and research. For 10 years I manufactured both horizontal and vertical wind generators for off-grid applications. The issue is that small installations are not cost effective - cheaper and more reliable is a small petrol portable generator for about 15% of the cost. The worst of all designs is the vertical Savonious rotor which (according to my measuremants) is some 7% efficient compared to some 46% for traditional "windmill" designs. I urge Harmony Turbines not to put any more money into the Savonious Rotor - it is a non-starter. I know from (costly) experience.

When I saw the title and thumbnail for this video I immediately thought: “oh boy, marketing old ideas that were proven ineffective decades ago” (which is the case for grid scale vertical axis wind turbines in general). But then you managed to very quickly park that squarely away, highlighting that they may have a place yet (just not at grid scale). I’m intrigued to see where these go, or try them out myself.

Yes please cover urban wind, including multi residential buildings.

What ever happened to the ridge blade? That seemed like it might have good potential for some residential applications... I'm definitely interested in more coverage of small scale wind development, particularly the ideas of how to turn a traditional disadvantage into gains. Love all the naysayers popping up and completely missing the point here... The reasons traditional turbine don't work at small scale doesn't mean there isn't a solution... Just have to find that solution, refine it, and scale to economical mass production. Easier said than done, but most problems are solvable... Just won't ever happen by these narrow minded "experts."

“Cost effective” is a misleading characterization in our artificial carbon based economy. Virtually all costs are externalized and time shifted and so evaluating alternatives in this preposterously slanted market is impossible.

Yes! Any information on emerging wind energy residential technology would be wonderful.

yes would love to see what other wind generaters could be coming out

More vaporware 🙄

The problem is the noise they make.

+1 for a video about urban-friendly designs and use. Love your channel !

I’m not a scientist or an expert in aerodynamics, but I’ve been interested in wind power, and watching all the developments for about ten years now and one theme is always present in every press release, news story or U tube video. It’s the promise that we’ve got great new projects in final development and testing and this should be financially viable for the average homeowner soon! Or we’re about six months or so from rolling out our groundbreaking tech & everyone will be fighting to get theirs first! Same story every time, year after year………….

This is awesome I blew my kids mind the other day, we had built some 'robots' simple motors and rotors with batteries, that would move around the floor, I took one and took the batteries out and connected an led to the battery pack then spun the rotor / motor, he couldn't believe it when the led lit up. he thought it was magic, and I did a deep dive into the different ways turbines are used to generate almost all our electricity. I really hope he becomes and engineer in the future because its fascinating seeing his eyes light up when he notices a wind turbine.

The speed the tips of wind turbines move at is incredible. Also the outward force is velocity squared divided by its radius.

Please do continue to create videos on residential wind turbines. I am really interested in this! What I would be mostly interested in is a small wind turbine, that I can install myself and just plug in to my wall outlet. No need to generate hundreds or thousands of Watt. I would be happy with a maximum of about 100 Watt. The downfall of a lot of companies is that they promise way too much. Then the "nay" sayers have an easy job picking on the ROI time. For me ROI is not important. I want to experiment with this.

Love the idea, where i grew up we had one of the first large wind turbines in our country near residential guess my only problem with most systems is the noise an if you are using things like the venturi effect what effect does this have on the air flow around buildings/places also wonder if the cooling effect on the air will effect things. Look forward to the future but i always believe we are 20 years or more behind where we should be right now cause of how things have gone in the past (space is a great example, so is electric vehicles)

Hi Matt, I'm in western Pa and I'm a Penn State Alum of sorts....among other things. I have had conversation with Chris & Harmony as I came across them awhile back and followed as I knew what I was looking at....and relative to the area I was from. The mechanics of the design are SPOT ON and perfect as to control RPM and thus the WORK to transfer to a generator per se. I'm working on bringing the technology and another aspect of storage to my area in western Pennsylvania, as you can't have one without the other......and with natural resources...you work with what you got & the lay of the land......adapt & overcome. I look at the technology and then I also look at the opposite end and maybe what could be waste. SO as with a gasoline power plant, the heats is the waste and must be dissipated with the exception for tapping that waste for climate control in a motor vehicle. One such technology you have already reviewed is my application as also being perfect.......as though as it may seem...a Rube Goldberg-ish scenario of a symbiotic relationship for lack of a better term as You Can't Have One Without The Other. So its transfer the POWER of the Wind blowing freely via the HARMONY as it can modulate the RPM and essentially close up and shut down if needs be. BUt point being is to charge a storage battery or perhaps an array of these storage batteries at different stages of discharge as to bucket brigade charge & dis-charge.......but the nature of the Battery is that of a reactor as it produces heat as a byproduct which can be harnessed to produce STEAM as well as HOT water.....but most importantly Steam to drive a conventional Steam Turbine.....for obvious reasons and conventionality. BUT this also can invoke the Stirling aspect too with a HOT & COLD differential to be exploited. It was STEAM & STIRLING that got us the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION and where we are in Global Warming.....and this is the Answer to That for TOTAL CLEAN GENERATION and all interactive with a purpose....and so simplistic. Its not hard to Notion an Off Grid scenario in new construction or retrofits. THINK neighborhood Micro-GRIDs and should you over produce....dump it into the GRID at large. Essentially the Wind generation is temporary to initial charge per se and as a back up, for once the battery is VITALIZED and thus steam is being produced and driving a STEAM TURBINE....its relatively self contained and....perpetual if you THINK about it. The battery has to charge & discharge and the steam aspect can be the controlled source for charge when needed applied. SO NO MORE ELECTRIC BILLS OR GAS BILLS for Natural Gas or.....FUEL OIL or BOTTLED GAS