Is wind power worth it? Find out online

Not sure whether a wind turbine on your property would generate enough energy to be worth the effort? Stew no more: the Carbon Trust has launched a new “Wind Yield Estimation Tool” on its Website.

The tool lets users calculate their annual mean wind speed, potential energy generation and carbon savings based on postcode, landscape and type of wind turbine.

According to the Carbon Trust, the tool is the “most rigorous of its kind” and is based on 30 years of data from the Met Office’s 220 weather stations.

“In the right location, small-scale wind turbines can provide both cost and carbon savings, but anyone considering installing a turbine should use the new Carbon Trust wind estimator to check before proceeding with actual onsite wind monitoring,” said Mark Williamson, director of Innovations at the Carbon Trust. “There has been some confusion around the true performance of small wind turbines but this online tool should help to clear that up.”