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Small wind turbine output & payback calculator

Estimate annual energy, bill savings and payback time for any rotor diameter and average wind speed. The numbers update as you type — nothing to install, no sign-up.

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Estimated performance

Rated power (at 11 m/s)— kW
Annual energy production— kWh
Capacity factor— %
Annual bill saving—
Simple payback—
CO₂ avoided per year— kg

Indicative only — real output depends on the wind distribution of your site, tower height, turbulence and icing. Send us the coordinates and we will model it properly.

Get a modelled yield

Rated power shown by the calculator is a physical estimate for the rotor diameter you entered. Our catalogue models are rated at their design wind speed; use the model list below for real figures.

How the numbers are calculated

Instantaneous power in the wind follows the cube law: P = ½ × ρ × A × v³ × Cp, where ρ is air density (1.225 kg/m³ at sea level), A is the swept area of the rotor and Cp is the power coefficient. A well-designed small turbine reaches 0.35–0.42 at its design tip-speed ratio; the gearless permanent-magnet machines we build hold that band across a wide wind range.

Annual energy is not simply rated power × 8,760 hours. We integrate the power curve against a Rayleigh wind distribution (Weibull with k = 2) for the mean wind speed you enter, cut in at 2.5 m/s and stop at 25 m/s. That is why the capacity factor for a good site sits between 20 % and 35 %, not 100 %.

Payback is the installed cost divided by the annual bill saving. It ignores inflation, subsidies and financing, so treat it as a first screen rather than a business case.

What our models produce

ModelRatedRotorAnnual kWh @ 5.5 m/s
WT-300H300 W1.2 m≈ 600 kWh
WT-500H500 W1.8 m≈ 1,000 kWh
WT-1000H1 kW2.4 m≈ 2,000 kWh
WT-2000H2 kW3.2 m≈ 4,000 kWh
WT-3000H3 kW3.8 m≈ 6,000 kWh
WT-5000H5 kW5.0 m≈ 10,000 kWh
WT-10000H10 kW7.8 m≈ 20,000 kWh

Tell us your wind speed and daily kWh

Send the site location and the load you need to power. You get a sized model, a price and a lead time — usually within one working day.

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