ABSTRACT
The main benefit of small power installations is the selfsufficiency for the individual consumer and independence from national supplies (coming both from renewable energy or fossil fuels, Denmark has no atomic energy). Small-scale windmills are visible in landscape-they are installed in close distance to houses and farms helping to create public awareness. 15.2 The Market PotentialThere are many types of small-scale windmills ranging from 100 W up till 10 kW, some of them using advanced carbon fibre blades and permanent magnet generators (PMG). This type of equipment will have great opportunities for paving the way for wind energy in the many unserved areas of the world. Off-grid small windmills are often used in developing countries, mainly for a wide range of rural energy applications. A new and unexpected application for small windmills (often self-made) called the Home Power1 has emerged in developed countries, for example, in the United States. In some countries small windmills are integrated into architecture, especially in densely built cities.
