I want wind power to supply my house with electricity. Sadly though, wind in our area is not reliable and I haven’t seen any efficient “backyard-type” wind generators yet. I guess I just have to wait for our government to fund huge projects like these or perhaps wait for some really rich investor to build it.

I was highly encouraged by the video here which shows how much electricity can be produced by wind turbines and knowing that the Philippines (it’s where I live just in case you didn’t know yet) is just a small country, I think wind power can solve our energy problems and lower the cost of electricity as well. You can find costing information here.

I did some searching on the net and found out that a 2MW wind turbine would cost about $3.5M (US dollar) to install. Operation I believe is relatively cheaper than any other existing form of energy production. Germany has a wind farm that generates 15GW of electricity – that’s a lot of power! I think the Philippines can afford to build wind farms that produce lots of electricity considering the vast seas and oceans we have. We can just put these wind turbines offshore where wind never stops.