Tuesday 7 January 2014

Wind Speed at Nachankulam - First week of January, 2014

Now we have 7 days of data.   the data shows the wind speed is declining day by day. Speeds are high during day time and less during night.  The X axis indicates speeds in Meters / Second.  anything above 3 meters per second is considered reasonable. This is at a height of 19 feet. I must admit that the land is 10 feet lower than road level.

Suppose if I install a wind pump? Will I be able to store water and irrigate during lean periods.  Let me wait for few more days to see the trend.  Unfortunately we donot have any help from outside to know the wind velocity in this area, even though there are many professional wind mills available just 30 Kms away.

The wind mills quotes collected so far from different companies indicate that they cost anywhere upwards of 2.5 lacs for 12 meter tower with around 5 meter rotor wing diameter. That is a lot of money. I must be damn sure about the decision if it is to be taken.  The same applies to Solar also.


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