Example Projects

 

    In this section we have listed a number of example projects with Bergey wind turbines, divided up into categories by application.  These projects are spread all over the world.  Each project description includes a picture and summary.  In some cases external links are provided to web sites with additional information. The categories are:

Utility Bill Reduction

Bill Reduction + Back-up Power

Off-Grid Home or Facility, U.S. Locations

Off-Grid Home, Facility, or Village, Non-U.S. Locations

Telecommunications

Misc. Industrial / Military Applications

Drinking Water Projects

Irrigation Projects

Misc. Interesting Projects

These materials are free to be used without prior permission, so long as proper attribution is provided.

Utility Bill Reduction                                            [ Top ]

 

Nichols Residence, Malaga, WA (10 kW), linked to a 9-page magazine article documenting the installation

Sansome Residence, Oak Hills, California (10 kW)

Superior Sod, Business, Tehachapi, CA (10 kW)

Dean Kamen's North Dumpling Island, Long Island Sound, NY (10 kW)

Hershey Amusement Park, PA (10 kW) 

Blittersdorf Residence, Charlotte, Vermont (10 kW, plus solar)

Schiebel Residence, Tehachapi, California (10 kW)

National Wind Technology Center, Boulder, Colorado (10 kW)

Hames Residence, Norman, Oklahoma (10 kW)

Epperson Residence, Norman, Oklahoma (10 kW)

R&M Mechanical Contractors Office, Norman, Oklahoma (10 kW)

Laredo Community College, Laredo, Texas (4 x 10 kW)

 

Bill Reduction + Back-up Power                       [ Top ]

Recycling Center, Montreal, Canada (1 kW)

Schiebel Residence, Tehachapi, CA (7.5 kW)

Taylor Residence, Tuttle, Oklahoma (7.5 kW)

Otto Residence, Fort Hill, Pennsylvania (7.5 kW)

Off-Grid Home or Facility, U.S. and Canada Locations       [ Top ]

Clay Center for Science and Technology, Brookline, Massachusetts (1 kW) - Web Cam available

Beard Residence, Reno, Nevada (1 kW)

Kemp Residence, Almonte, Ontario (1.5 kW), includes an 18-page article:  "An Off-Grid Primer"

Jostad Residence, Cuyucos, California (1.5 kW)

DRI Hydrogen Project, Reno, Nevada (2 x 1.5 kW, plus solar)

Univ. of Hawaii Hydrogen Research Center, Kahua, Hawaii (3 x 7.5 kW)

Rose Island Lighthouse Residence, Rhode Island (1.5 kW)

Off-Grid Home, Facility, or Village, Non-U.S. Locations   [ Top ]

Afghanistan Village Water Treatment (1 kW)

French Island Cottages, Victoria, Australia (7.5 kW)

Pebble Island Farm, Falkland Islands (7.5 kW) 

Grameen Cyclone Shelters, Bangladesh (1.5 kW)

Villa Las Araucarias Village, Region IX, Chile (7.5 kW)

Costa de Cocos Eco-Resort, Quintana Roo, Mexico (7.5 kW)

San Juanico Village, Baja California Sur, Mexico (10 x 7.5 kW, plus solar)

Xcalak Village, Quintana Roo, Mexico (6 x 7.5 kW, plus solar)

Krasnoe Village, Arkhangelsk, Russia (2 x 7.5 kW)

Nabouwalu, Fiji (8 x 7.5 kW, plus solar)

HanDo Island,  Guangdong, China (7.5 kW)

Saketeo Village, West Timor, Indonesia (7.5 kW)

Telecommunications                                         [ Top ]

Gem States Utilities, Duncan Mountain, Idaho (7.5 kW)

MobiFon GSM Site, Moldova, Romania (2 x 7.5 kW, plus solar)

Welsh Water Mobile Radio Repeater, Wales, UK (2 x 1.5 kW, plus solar)

Bristol Bay Telephone, Big Mountain, Alaska (2 x 1.5 kW)

FM Radio Station, Reno, Nevada (7.5 kW, plus solar)

Safaricom Base Station, Laisamis, Kenya (7.5 kW)

Misc. Industrial / Military Applications           [ Top ]

U.S. Navy TACTS Platforms, offshore from Savannah, Georgia (6 x 7.5 kW, plus solar)

Weather Station, Pengchiayu Island, Taiwan (7.5 kW, plus solar)

Un-manned Weather Station, Canton Island, South Pacific (1 kW, plus solar)

Saudi ARAMCO Oil Platform, Persian Gulf (7.5 kW)

Trans-Andean Oil Pipeline, Argentina & Chile (8 x 1.5 kW, plus solar)

Regional Air Traffic Control, Baldy Mountain, Belize (2 x 7.5 kW)

FAA Navigation Beacon, Chandalar Lake, Alaska (2 x 7.5 kW, plus solar)

Remote Flight Crew Training Camp, Greenland Ice Sheet (1.5 kW)

Drinking Water Projects                                      [ Top ]

Niama Water Network, Morocco (2 x 10 kW)

Llasarya, Altiplano, Bolivia (10 kW)

Assu, Rio Grande del Norte, Brazil (1.5 kW)

USDA / Bushland Cattle Watering, Bushland, Texas (1.5 kW)

Irrigation Projects                                                 [ Top ]

Evangelical Baptist Mission, Timbuktu, Mali (10 kW)

Small Scale Irrigation Management Project, West Timor, Indonesia (1.5 kW)

Netpala, West Timor, Indonesia

Misc. Interesting Projects                                 [ Top ]

Stripper Well Pumping, Cleo Springs, Oklahoma (10 kW)

Week-end Home on Water, Galveston Bay, Texas (7.5 kW)

U.S. Naval Academy Electric Sailboat (1 kW)

Apartment Complex Water Heating, Des Moines, Iowa (10 kW)