New Direction for Southwest Windpower

Southwest Windpower has recently announced it's new product release. Current owners of wind systems know all too well that when the wind blows we typically are left with cloudy days and vice versa during the heat of the summer.

Southwest has effectively answered that conundrum with their new product line of Skysream Hybrids. Combining the benefits of a solar tracking unit, with the advantages of an existing structure to mount the system, the new Skystream hybrid is the foremost product to power your home.

The Skystream Hybrid is no ordinary array! Using the GPS enabled microprocessor, the entire array will precisely rotate around the Skystream's tower with the sun to ensure maximum power output. The tracking system increases the solar output up to 35% as compared to a fixed array. That means more value for your investment.

With the same footprint as the wind turbine, you can squeeze more renewable energy potential into one spot. From an installer's standpoint, we know from our frequent sun burns that most places with great wind potential lack trees and obstructions that also limit wind potential. This makes perfect sense for those who are torn between choosing two great renewable products. After all, it's impossible to add wind to a solar array but thanks to microinverter technology we can finally add solar to wind!

  

 

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Attention Farmers: Summer Sale Pricing on Jacobs

We are now introducing our dog days of Summer Sale from WTIC. All orders placed before the end of August will be discounted $5,000 off the installed cost thanks to Jacobs reducing their wholesale turbine costs.

For some the decision may be relatively easy. If you have the option to pay Uncle Sam or buy an asset it may be a "no brainer." If you have an excess of wind and qualify for incentives that help your operation become more profitable the next step is looking for an American made quality product.

You will find quality made American products carried at Wind-Rich. We now carry Jacobs turbines from Wind Turbine Industries Corp. The Jacobs name has been around longer than any turbine in its class. Still manufactured in the Mid-West, Jacobs is our option for 20 Kilowatt turbines. Like our Bergey 10kW, the 20kW Jakes are available on 100-160 ft. Rohn towers.

 

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Why Solar is Now Afforadable for Iowans

Inventories of panels from the last year have stacked up, meaning savings to the consumer! Without getting into complicated economic factors just consider this. In 2008, Spain devoured over 40% of global market for panel installations. Their aggressive incentive program has now come to a hault and prices are at all time lows!

For the first time ever, solar is a competitive renewable resource in the heartland. The benefits of solar are soon coming to fruition to many Iowans!

Solar can eliminate costly peak hours in the summer! With a grid connected system you can harness the energy every single day!

Solar Products

 

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Bergey at UNI;

Visit the latest installation of renewable installation near you at the University of Northern Iowa.
 

The site is south of University Avenue on Campus Street and will feed power into the Industrial Tech Center on campus.

The Bergey Excel is mounted on a 100 ft. self supporting lattice tower from Rohn.

The turbine features custom purple blades as our own touch.   

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Why Wind is the Right Direction

Iowa has some of the most abundant wind resources in the world, making use of the endless free fuel only makes sense.

New inverter technology allows excess energy to be fed back into the grid and credited to your account. This revolution makes traditional battery storage unnecessary where existing utility power is available, thus allowing the user to simply interconnect the unit with the utility company. By providing an alternative to batteries, you can now choose whether battery back-up or off-grid is for you, where in the recent past they were a neccessary and to be honest, costly, item.

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Free yourself from the rising price of electricity!

Finally, you too can make the same investment towards energy independence that thousands around the country have already made by choosing a residential wind turbine.

Beat the electric company to the punch and avoid paying more taxes on your electricity by utilizing the great big free energy resource in the sky, the wind. Legislation is in place to protect the environment that has great implications on electric prices nation-wide. Our cheap coal power here in the midwest will be a thing of the past. Why pay the coal companies' many decades worth of carbon back taxes? Take the opportunity to free yourself from others' debt today.