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Advice from an Expert

Mick Sagrillo's knowledgeable and helpful advice columns on small wind systems have appeared in national magazines and in the AWEA Windletter for many years. 

Advice from an Expert features some of Mick's Windletter articles on a variety of wind energy topics. 

Recent Articles

• Questions Any Small Wind Turbine Manufacturer Should Be Willing and Able to Answer About Their Products
• FAQs: What You Need to Understand
  About a Wind Turbine for Your Home
• Rooftop Wind—Determining Your Resource
• Warwick Urban Wind Trial Project Sheds Much Needed
  Light on Rooftop Wind Resources
• An Open Letter: To inventors of vertical axis wind turbines
  and rooftop wind 'technology breakthroughs’
• Planning Your Wind System—Working With Your Neighbors
• Investment Considerations for Wind Systems

Zoning Issues

• Zoning I - Trials and Tribulations
• Zoning II - Keeping Hearings Under Control
• Zoning III - Zoning Obstacles 
• Zoning IV - Perceptions/Local Concerns
• Zoning V - Protecting Your Right to Install a Wind System
• Telecommunications Interference from Home Wind Systems
• Wind Turbines and Flying Ice
• Residential Wind Turbines and Noise
• Aesthetics Issues and Residential Wind Turbines
• Residential Wind System Visibility
• Residential Wind Systems and Payback
• Residential Wind Systems and Property Values
• Residential Wind Systems and "Code Compliance"

Insuring Your Wind System

• Evaluating Policy Options
• Potential Insurance Needs & Costs
• Filing an Insurance Claim

Technical Information

• Keep It Spinning!
• Residential Systems & "Stray Voltage"
• Buying Used Wind Equipment
• Wind System Operation and Maintenance Costs
• Putting Wind Power's Effect on Birds Into Perspective
• Bats and Wind Turbines
• Environmental Benefits of Your Wind System
• Wind Turbine Swept Area
• Tilt Up Towers

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