However, at the moment, uncertainty about how factors such as low wind speeds, high levels of turbulence, noise, visual impact, and animal strikes influence the performance
of micro wind turbines make it hard to determine their true potential in this form.
The company estimates that the first
of these micro wind turbines will be shipped to backers in January of 2015, with full scale production beginning in February of 2015.
According to its inventors, Einar Agustsson and Agust Agustsson, a fully working prototype
of this micro wind turbine has been built, but in order to put it into production, they've turned to Kickstarter to raise the $ 50,000 to finish the final prototype and start the manufacturing process.
Not exact matches
But one forthcoming invention may allow us to harness the power
of the
wind with a
micro turbine, in order to charge our smartphones and tablets and other USB devices.
The potential
of building - integrated
micro wind turbines is increasingly being explored to generate clean energy on - site.
All households near ten small and
micro wind turbines in two UK cities completed measures
of perceived
turbine noise, Neuroticism, Negative Affectivity, Frustration Intolerance, attitude to
wind turbines, and NSS (response N = 138).