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Is your backyard turbine-worthy? ‘Windspire Me’ will tell you

Source: VentureBeat

Nov 04, 2009

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As rooftop solar panels catch on and more people get interested in generating their own clean energy, one company is looking to get average consumers interested in residential wind opportunities — and its leveraging everyone’s favorite consumer device — the iPhone — to do it.

Mariah Power, maker of Windspire wind turbines suitable for homeowners and businesses, just introduced its “Windspire Me” iPhone application, which will allow users to gauge the wind speed in their backyards or outdoor office spaces to determine whether they would be good environs for urban turbines. All you have to do, after downloading the free app, is raise your phone to the sky.

Last month, San Francisco released plans for integrating smaller wind turbines into the city’s landscape to up its renewable power usage. This is something other metropolitan areas are considering as well. And there are even more applications in regions where rural areas may be off the grid, or in developing areas of the world.

Few people know how much wind is required to generate electricity. Mariah’s Windspire

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