10 kW Bergey Excel-S Turbine, 100 ft. Guyed Lattice Tower, New York

10 kW Bergey Excel-S Turbine, 80 ft. Self-Supporting Lattice Tower, New York (home)

1 kW Bergey XL.1 Turbine at future site of the East 34th St. ferry terminal in New York City (Empire State Building in the background).  The plans call for 4 wind turbines.

Installing a Bergey 10 kW turbine on a 100 ft. Self-Supporting Lattice tower at Southampton College, Long Island

Let the Wind Pay Your Electric Bill & Save the Planet at the same time!

 

	New York electricity costs are well above the national average and they are expected to keep going up in the future.  But you can insulate your family or business from surging electric rates by installing your own wind power generator.
	The best part is the State will pay for at least half of it! The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), now provides rebates of 50 - 70% for qualified purchases of small wind systems.  This is one of the best clean energy incentive programs in the country.  The rebates are 50% for homes and institutions, 60% for farms, and 70% for schools incorporating wind energy in their curriculum.
	A full program description is available at the NYSERDA web site (click here).  The program forms and detailed rules are available in PDF format (click here).            NYSERDA has a nice brochure on small wind systems in New York with good information and lots of pictures of Bergey 10 kW turbines:  Click here  For a map of the NYSERDA funded projects, mostly Bergey 10 kW's, Click here  For a PDF version of NYSERDA's presentation on it's small wind program Click here (935 KB)
	For a New York specific FAQ on buying a small wind system Click here
	The NYSERDA rebates are only available through NYSERDA "Eligible Installers".  NYSERDA also has a "Provisional Eligible Installers" designation with some limitations.  For a list of all of the Bergey dealers in New York - Click here
	With the NYSERDA incentives, the payback may be in as little as 6 -9 years!  But, remember, you will be paying the money anyway - to the utility company.  Financially, buying a home wind system is vastly superior to just purchasing all your electricity from the power company. It's like the difference between renting a home and buying a home.  So, rather than calling it a "pay back period", it would be more accurate to call it a "payment transfer period".  At the end you have free electricity.
	A small wind system will provide you with a return on your investment of 10 - 20% - tax-free - depending on your usage and wind resource.  This is equivalent to a 14% - 28% return on a taxable investment!  Compare that to 4% from a money market account, 5% from a long-term CD, or negative earnings from mutual funds over the last few years. Want to do your own payback analysis? - Click here for our free MS Excel spreadsheet model.
	A small wind system really helps the environment!  Over its minimum 30 year operating life, a Bergey residential/farm wind system in New York will save approximately 430,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, 3,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide, and 1,000 pounds of nitrogen dioxide that would have been produced by the utility's fossil fuel power plants.  It is the equivalent of planting 2 acres of trees or taking 1.25 vehicles off the road.
	Our most popular package, and the best selling home and farm wind system in America, is the 10 kW Excel-S "GridTek" system.  Click here to jump to a description.
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	Modest wind resources are fine for small wind systems. Wind resources are sufficient in most parts of New York. In some places they are excellent. See the map connection below to determine your wind resource.
	Wind Resource Map: The NYSERDA and TrueWind Solutions have prepared a detailed digital wind map for the state. The map is more detailed than the old US-DOE map, but it was prepared with windfarms in mind, not small wind systems.  Therefore, the minimum assumed tower height is 65 m (213 ft) and they characterize good wind resources for small turbines as being "poor".  What they mean is poor for windfarms.  To see and use the new map, Click here.  We recommend using the "Wind Speed Map at 30 m".  To see the old US-DOE map, Click here.
	Here at our web site you can calculate the performance and economics of a Bergey wind system for your home or business … and you can even learn how to buy a system directly and install it yourself.