Ed....
We need a computer controlled wind oscillator that converts wind to 120v 60hz AC on demand and then stores the unused portion so we can waste it later.
I'm just a talker on this ...not a doer ...Yet
....
not necessarily computer? how about just mechanical? If you have need for a constant...
like an CFL that requires X amount of watts,
then you make a weight driven generator to provide the constant power by adjusting the
weight....as it unwinds the VAWT or HAWT is large enough that even in a 5MPH wind has enough
torque to easily rewind it...the WT don't even have to be efficient....just sturdy !
I realize that for even that takes quite a
bit of weight.... 1.5 pounds travels about 1 ft.
a second to provide about 200 ma @5-6volts to light a
small led lamp as near as I can recall from some
experiments that I had done a couple of weeks ago.....( I was the winder constantly pulling it
up capable of hoisting it up 5 times faster than
it could unwind.)
( :>) Norm.