Customer blogs about his road too energy independence

This is an excerpt from a blog that one of our customers writes experience with Solar and the Raum 3.5kw wind turbine and his road too energy independence.

The article can be found at HERE

DOMESTIC UPDATE: Project Energy Independence

I had mentioned some months ago that I had decided to become personally energy independent. I showed pictures of the 5 KW solar panels we had installed behind the house. I am happy to say that the solar panels are working beyond our expectations. We use about 30 KWH/day of electricity, and the Solar Panels are producing about 33 KWH/day of electricity. To help increase our production margin, and to help keep producing on cloudy days, we have now had a 3.5 KW Raum wind turbine installed. Our house is on a hill, and we get a nice breeze pretty much all the time. The wind turbine is working very well. It does not produce as much as the solar panels, but it is nice in that it pretty much produces around the clock.

Ideally, we would like to move to electric cars at this point, but it does not appear that a viable electric car is even on the horizon. So, the next best thing is that we would like to get the Honda Natural Gas Civic. These are neat vehicles in that they come with a compressor that allows you to fill them up from your home Natural Gas line. These have been advertised for some years now, but I have had great difficulty actually finding one for sale. I am hoping next summer to be able to invest some time and hopefully find one.

Raum Engineers have done it again !!!!!

Raum Energy releases a new firmware update for their 3.5 kw wind turbine.
The turbine will now run in High Wind Mode in winds over 33 miles per hour all the way up to 55 miles per hour.

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CITY OF ABERNATHY SPENDS SECO GRANT MONEY ON RAUM WIND TURBINES!!!!

The City of Abernathy, near Lubock,Texas, has started the process of installing two Raum 3.5 kw wind turbines. (See KCBD News Segment HERE) Concrete and electrical have been installed and the turbines and towers planned erection date is August 2nd and 3rd, 2010. (Listen to KFYO Radio 790 Segment) The turbines have been paid for by the State Energy Conservation Office with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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WEICan and Raum Energy Sign Second Contract for “Testing Leading to Certification” for the Raum 3.5kW Wind Turbine

January 27, 2010 - WEICan and Raum Energy are pleased to announce their continued collaboration with the contract signing for WEICan to test Raum's 3.5 kW horizontal axis wind turbine. The 3.5 kW wind turbine will be delivered to WEICan's North Cape site for installation in April 2010. WEICan will conduct tests for power performance, duration, safety and acoustics emissions in accordance with “IEC 61400-2: Design Requirements for Small Wind Turbines” and “American Wind Energy Association: Small Wind Turbine Performance and Safety Standard”. It is Raum's intention to use the test results in an application to the Small Wind Certification Council (SWCC) for certification of the turbine.

Raum Energy Inc. is a Saskatchewan-based wind energy company focused on developing and manufacturing highly robust and reliable wind turbines and grid-tie inverters. Their goal is to provide a complete wind energy system - turbine, grid-tie inverter and tower. By developing systems that bring clean, free wind energy to consumers at a low cost, Raum contributes to energy generation without excessive impact on the environment. Raum also manufactures a 1.5kW wind turbine system that has been installed at WEICan and is currently undergoing power performance testing. The operational experience gained from the 1.5 kW has fed into the ongoing development of Raum's wind turbine systems.

Since 1981 the Wind Energy Institute of Canada (WEICan) has been Canada's national facility for the testing of wind turbines. In March 2006 with a capital investment of $3.5M from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), WEICan has expanded its client base and broadened its mandate to focus on four strategic areas:

1. Testing Leading to Certification;
2. Research, Development, and Demonstration;
3. Training, Outreach, and Public Education; and
4. Technical Consultation, and Assistance.

WEICan has been working with the small wind turbine community to develop and implement testing protocols that will assist the industry develop its sales to the general public. To this end it has adopted rigorous testing protocols in accordance with international standards. With its existing range of small wind turbines, WEICan can provide a proof-of-concept test bed for new technologies and develop a testing program to validate the technology's viability.

WEICan and Raum look forward to working together on this project, further information will be updated as the wind turbine is installed.

WEICan contact for additional information:
Karen Kinch
Office 1-902-882-4126

ORIGINAL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.weican.ca/news/2010/100127-WEICan-Testing-Raum-3-5.php