I'm starting to think about diversifying my energy prodution. I have a solar panel array (5kWp) on the roof for a year now. I see that adding more panels does not make much sense as the production in summer as is is already hard to consume it all, and in winter the production is rather symbolic while consumption is through the roof.
So I thought of looking into wind turbines. There is plenty of wind the whole year where I live. But, rather then buying a big 5kW turbine which is quite expensive on its own (plus a pole and all the other stuff) I thought, how about using multiple small turbines (up to 1kW) connected together, similar to how solar panels are. Either into one inverter or using microinverters. Does anyone have any interesting links to follow or some experience in similar setups?
I watched a video or two on Youtube where an engineering dude (maybe a professor) made cooling fin boxes for his solar panels that made them way more efficient. They had fans inside that would switch on when the temp got high enough. The efficiency was improved so much that it more than covered the draw of the fans running.
I believe that would've been Tech Ingredients. Excellent youtuber!