Turbines has a shaft that is perpendicular to the ground and requires a larger ‘footprint’ to secure the tower on ground. The components of a small wind system include the 1) rotor consisting of blades and shaft; 2) the generator/alternator producing electricity from the turbine rotor; 3) the gearbox used to match rotor speed to the generator; 4) the nacelle protects the generator/alternator and 5) the tail vane of Yaw system used to align a HAWT with the wind however some yaw systems can be offset from the vertical axis. In addition, the following components usually are packaged as part of small wind turbines. Solar power would become the main source of energy and would heat and power our homes and businesses. Solar-powered cars were even talked about. Imagine that, a car with Solar panels on the roof. However, the reality didn’t quite match the dream. Solar panels were cheap to produce, and unless you had a lot of panels exposed to a lot of sunlight, solar power systems didn’t produce very much power. Unless you live in a very hilly or mountainous area the published information should be sufficient. Will wind power interfere with my TV reception?Wind systems do produce some noise. In most cases this involves the wind energy being transformed into mechanical energy when the blades start to spin. It is this mechanical energy which is then transformed into electricity. Given that wind is a naturally occurring, free, renewable resource, the ability to make use of the wind for electricity generation makes it very useful in the current times of rising energy prices. Wind energy is best utilised in farms and rural areas. It may also work in ’suburbia’, but is unlikely to be much use in densely populated areas due to the increased number of obstacles preventing the free flow of the wind.