This was an aricle that put me on to the 'Future energy' website:



'The ethical shopper

Dominic Murphy
Tuesday June 27, 2006
The Guardian


One problem with domestic wind turbines is you need a decent breeze for them to work. This new one, however, claims to generate electricity at lower wind speeds than competitors, because it has five blades instead of the usual three. If this isn't tempting enough, the £695 price tag should blow you away. Don't be fooled, however. For this kind of money, you will have to install the thing yourself and you won't be able to connect it to mains electricity. Should you want it connected to the meter, you must buy a "grid-tie inverter", which will set you back another £600 or more. You will also need an accredited installer to do it for you. In other words, there won't be much change from £2,000 - pretty much the cost of getting a rival turbine up and running. From Future Energy, 08700 664100, http://www.futurenergy.co.uk/. '