Distributed Wind vs Wind Farms


  • Wind Farms
    • Multiple large turbines up to 300ft+ tall
    • Turbine blades can be as large as 150ft each Located in clusters on farm land, mountain passes, offshore
    • Connected to high voltage transmission lines
    • Up to a 5 + year development cycle

  • Distributed Wind
    • Typically smaller turbines
    • One or two at a time
    • Towers up to 160ft
    • Turbine blades lengths from 5 - 30+ feet
    • Privately owned by individuals or businesses
    • Connected to local home/business power supply
    • 2-6 month deployment cycle
    • 2010 small wind was estimated to grow 181%
    • 3280 installed small wind turbines in the UK in 2009, accounting for 8.62MW in new capacity