{"Page URL":"https://www.appropedia.org/Building_a_Better_Windmill","Page description":"Standard commercial windmills now on the market have a number of drawbacks. First, they need to be placed on top of a tower to ensure high enough wind speed. In some locations height restriction regulations prevent this. At lower wind speeds, generally below eight miles an hour, they do not produce power at all. In some locations the wind speed is not high enough to make installing a conventional windmill economic. Also, conventional windmills have trouble if the wind is gusting and not coming from a consistent direction. In addition to this, commercial windmills are fairly expensive to purchase, while historically, people were able to build their own windmills inexpensively.","Page image":"File:Windmill at Cunda Island.jpg","Page language":"en","Page license":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","Page title":"Building a Better Windmill","Page views":"235","Page year":"Wednesday, 01-Jan-14 00:00:00 UTC","Modification date":"Friday, 28-Nov-25 01:40:44 UTC"}