Spinning away and no useful power in sight

Most wind generators manufacturers quote a cut in wind speed, and peak power. The one thing that they don't tell you is that it could be spinning away and yet the power produced is wasted until it is above that required to charge the batteries.
Solar controllers regulate the voltages produced to overcome this problem and it is easier to do because of the smaller range of voltages produced in solar panels. MPPT controllers further improves this.
What we need is an MPPT controller for wind generators as well. The standard practice is to run the power produced into the battery and then shunt excess power when the batteries are fully charged.
I am working on a solution to this problem.

Alternative Energy in Residential Surburb - The Green Plug

Part 2 : The Green Plug



The green plug above is designed to switch the household AC suply from the batteries to the grid. Solar and wind power generated is stored in the battery bank. The green plug first use the power from the battery bank through the inverter. When the batteries are low it will switch to mains power.

Advantages :
1) Many people want to connect to their power meter and turn it backwards in effect reducing their power bill by the amount they pay. This is actually illegal and unsafe for maintenance personnel working on the grid. The Green Plug is legal safe and has the same impact. It gives you maximum return on the power you produced ie including the daily charge when used in conjunction with Prepay power covered in part 1.

See Http://www.thebatteryclinic.co.nz