To be considered for this random giveaway, leave a comment below through the end of Thursday, May 6, 2010.*
After writing about Sam's Club's installation of 17 Skystream turbines in California, we were approached by the company with an opportunity to give away a 400W wind generator. We jumped at the chance given this could help out one of our readers. For informational purposes, the micro turbine is available for purchase online at Sam's Club, but at the end of this giveaway, one random commenter will be chosen to receive one for free.
Keep in mind that the generator doesn't come with a tower kit and will need to be set up, but it has a value of $596.00 and will get you well on your way toward generating on-site electricity. Here are the specs:
- Carbon fiber composite blades for low wind noise;
- Lightweight cast aluminum body;
- Easy installation;
- Weatherproof;
- Great for 12V battery charging, remote power, and backup power;
- Fully integrated regulator automatically shuts down when batteries are charged to minimize wear; and
- Max power up to 400 watts or 27 amps in ideal conditions.
The small wind turbine has a three year warranty and seems ideal for tiny homes, cabin retreats, or urban locations where small wind is allowed.
*To participate in this giveaway contest, leave a comment here by midnight MST on Thursday, May 6, 2010. One comment per person; use a valid email; available only in the United States. By leaving a comment, you agree to the terms and conditions relating to giveaways on Jetson Green.
Very cool! I was surprised to see the story on Sams Club using wind power. I know Walmart has made in-roads to being more green but this caught me off guard.
I’ve been eyeballing wind power for a bit, my one issue has always been noise. I’ve seen a few of the smaller wind generators and all have been pretty “buzzy whirly” sounding (boat installations). This one looks really nice by spec and design.
Whoever wins needs to post up their experience here! I know I would be more than willing to share data and opinions.
What an awsome giveaway! We have been looking into these, and It would be great to win one!
Good to see you guys promoting wind power so heavily. We’d love a chance to win the turbine..keep fighting the good fight.
I think micro turbines are incredibly interesting. The decreased cost would seem to allow multiple turbine configurations in various locations, which could be a huge advantage for areas traditionally not utilized for wind power.
I’ve been showing that piece around to folks – it surprised nearly every one of them that Sams was installing wind power. Now I guess I have to send them all back here to try to get one!
Or… I could get one…
Too many trees at home, but this would be perfect for my office – count me in!
Congrats to Sam’s. This is a great oportunity to show the public the alternative energy is available to all. I realy want a couple of these and some solar but still struggle with the cost. I hope I win!
This would be a great addition to my tiny farm!
Now this is what I call a giveaway. One that keeps on giving even!
This would be perfect for my cabin.
Now this is a contest I’ll definitely comment on.
I was just looking at this on Amazon last night! me please!!!
Jetson Green always has the greatest giveaways! I’d love this for my outdoor kitchen.
woohoo, free power 😉
Sweet! I just moved to a windy spot. Count me in!
Cool idea. I think more contests like this one could get more people who are on the fence for alternative energy to really see the potential out there. Hopefully, if I am chosen at random, others will take a look and want to know more, too.
This will be perfect for the windy desert I call home.
Living here on the Colorado front range, where it is always windy, I’m always surprised there aren’t more wind tubines in use. A quiet, micro turbine like this might be just what is needed to get more people on board.
Looks great. I want it!
Great Giveaway!
When I saw the title, I thought it must refer to a book about wind-power – but when I saw that it was an actual turbine, I was really excited! This would be awesome!
Excellent. And Arlington, VA, could use a wind turbine or two!…
Aren’t Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club owned by the same people? I don’t know why it would be that surprising.. Very cool, nonetheless.
As an intern for the iCAST (international center for appropriate sustainable technology) I could easily find a great home for this turbine in rural western Colorado.
Our neighbor currently has one! Help us spread the revolution. Keep fightin’ the good fight.
I’ve been really interested in small wind for a while. This would be awesome.
Aweome blossom! Extra Awesome!
Where we live solar wouldn’t work well, but a wind turbine would!
I’m not surprised by the move of Wal-Mart and Sams Club. They follow their customer very closely and make changes when market forces are at work. A good example is their move in to locally produced food and organics.
I’m not surprised by this move for Wal_Mart and Sam’s Club. They follow their customers very closely and work to provide products they want. For example, the strong move by Wal-Mart into locally produced food s and organic products. This wind turbine would go great at my home in the mountains.
Very cool. I would love the chance to win one! and I especially like Sam’s Club’s promotion of alternative energy resources.
Awesome! Pick me!!….randomly….
I know exactly how I’d use this turbine, on my Tiny Free House.
This is a tiny house I’ve been slowly cobbling together that’s made mostly from shipping pallets. It measures only 7×12 feet but will have a kitchen, bath, living space, storage, and will sleep 3. The core concept I’m exploring with the project is the true value of a house.
Shouldn’t the true value of a home be measured by the happiness and security it brings instead of its size and cost?
In the end the house will cost nothing but my effort. Any money spent on the house will be offset by selling free stuff I’ve been finding on craigslist.
This turbine would become the core to an off-grid power system that will power the house. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. 🙂
I like the website guys! Keep up the good work. Any thoughts on ever profiling an Earthship?
I would like to be entered in the wind turbine giveaway, please. Thanks for the opportunity.
This would be great for a cabin in WI. I hope I win.
Yes I would totally love one of these!!!!!
pick me!
I am absolutely up for this! Amazing Giveaway. I could see this powering my garage fully; the ventilation fan, opener and lights.
What a sweet little turbine.
Heck yeah I’ll participate! I have a three year plan to build one of Jay Shafers Tumbleweed houses. I would love to power it with a wind turbine so sign me up! In the mean time I’m going to look into this product. Thanks!
Perfect for my quest to get off the grid!
We are developing a tiny home for our back lot and would love to experiment incorporating wind power into the mix.
I would love to get my hands on a wind turbine like that!
Very cool! Consider me entered!
Posting to enter! 🙂
Go wind power!
Totally cool giveaway! BTW that is THE cutest cabin ever in the photo! What a dream it would be to live there.
Best giveaway ever! I gave my email below.
OMG – what a cool giveaway! I so hope I win!
I’d love to erect this at the family farm house in Washington! Hopefully I’ll get lucky again.
wow. sams club is selling wind turbines, i’m amazed.
I love wind power & would love this to power my new tiny shed!
I’d love one of these!
Nice. I did not know Sam’s Club had these. I have just seen them available online.
Happy to see Sam’s Club selling HAWTs online. Very convenient and smart. I look forward to the day I walk into Sam’s Club and see one on display between the lawn mowers and gas grills. Hopefully that will convince the HOAs that this is the future and not an eyesore.
Some friends and I are building an off the grid meditation center in Northern California region and this would be such a treat 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity to participate in this guys. Tadas N.
Pretty cool. Just the other day, we were talking about setting up a small wind generator at the community garden I’m gardening at. Hope whoever wins posts their results here.
Hurray! Wind for the masses, I’d really like to participate by snagging the giveaway! Will put it up right away!
I’m sure that would be good to have here in windy Nevada.
Very cool! Happy to see this. I hope the Gulf Oil spill will catapult alternative energy. I hope to never see this kind of catastrophe again!
This would be a great addition to my small system!!
I’ve always wanted one of these. Great contest!
-crossing fingers-
I’ll be looking for some land to build my tiny house on. This would be a great way to start and have some power during construction.
Getting a LEED platinum home built now. This would be a cool addition!
What a great product!!!
Love it!
Working on an off-grid Tiny Home and this would be a nice addition.
I would love to have one of those! It could power the lights in my art studio!
A wind turbine as a give-away? How AWESOME!!! I would love the chance to set it up in my town and begin changing the minds of the community leaders who are not totally convinced in the green/sustainable arena! Thanks for the opportunity to win one.
Not to be long-winded, but winning that turbine would blow me away, even if erecting it will not necessarily be a breeze, because I am such a big fan of this site.
This would be a very nice addition to the getaway cabin we’re designing.
Trying for the giveaway too. Been interested in setting up a wind/ solar hybrid and this would deal with half of it anyway.
Since the wind is always blowing here this would be awesome!
Hooray for wind power !
This would be great for powering our farm camera viewing system.
Does anyone know what height and wind speed is recommended for this turbine?
I have a small place in Washington and decided last year solar would not work because of my trees, I could top, and cut down some trees, but do not want to. So I have been looking at the wind turbine, this would be great for me, I am single and I bet I could live just fine with just this one turbine.
Good luck to everyone.
Jeff
Excellent give away.
“or urban locations where wind is allowed.” Maybe where wind turbines are allowed? 🙂
But you understood what I meant didn’t you?
Ahhhhh! Perfect…I sure could use this for my tiny home design/rebuild in Indiana…or should I say, Wind-iana! hehehe C: <3
Would work great at our cabin in Paxson, Alaska.
Great product…count me in!
Totally cool! I’d love to be the winner!
Would love to use one of these in the city (Atlanta). I’ve seen a few popping up here.
I’m shocked (in a good way) that Sam’s Club is taking a stab at this. That’s pretty freaking SWEET! If more “BigBox” companies would “Go GREEN” even to a small degree it would help a lot.
We’re having a “Wind Audit” done on our land May 12th to see how viable Wind Power Generation is…. would be NICE to have this unit to write about and review!! PICK ME !! 🙂
Go GREEN!!
I am interested!
What a great way to use a natural resource to power a small home, hope to see more of it in the Future.
Great giveaway idea! Count me in!
This would be a great addition to my small Backyard Bungalows that I’m building. They are Green, super energy efficient, strong, made with SIPs and this could power the lighting, etc for them.
thanks
Gary
I am a student at Cascadia Community College in Bothell, WA. My area of studies is in Environmental Technology and Sustainable Practices. If I were awarded the wind turbine generator, I would donate it to my school’s program in ETSP. This would immensely enrich and enhance our program through having a live wind turbine which we could set up and study in our campus wetlands. The wetlands are jointly owned by the campus of Cascadia CC and UW – Bothell. By having an actual working and learning tool such as this, we could also develop whole courses study around this individual energy producing machine. Please consider me and the Cascadia Community College Environmental Technology and Sustainable Practices program for your random giveaway of the Wind Turbine Generator.
We just received a small grant to build a container house from the city and would love to incorporate this into the design
Definitely interested in seeing construction and completion of your container house …
count me in
I’m planning wind power at my high desert property in SoCal. This would get me on my way!!!!
I love it! My wish come true!
What a wonderful giveaway. The lucky winner will truely enjoy this.
Sometimes urban, older multi-unit homes get left out of the wind and solar and retrofit opportunities, but my 60s era 4-plex apartment has a willing owner and is west facing. It is a perfect location for a small wind unit with it’s flat roof and territorial view which allows lots of wind and sun to hit the building. I’d love to run a laptop with a wireless connection on this unit. Thanks.
I hope I win!
I’d love to toss my name in the hat… Here goes!
Sign me up! I’d love a free wind turbine!
I live in one of the windiest parts of town in Palm Springs, CA, and could sure use one. Sign me up. I want to win this.
Sweet! We could really use a wind unit here on our little urban farm!
this looks like the perfect size for a small cabin or trailer. i would love to have one to be used for power in my back shed.
great deal for my cabin!
random comment:
Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. Oscar Wilde
Great website! Great giveaway idea! Count me in.
Windpower for small homes may not seem a huge overall effort to save on energy
but, no doubt in large numbers, they can go a long way towards helping. I’m sure those that use one are very happy indeed. I know I would like the opportunity.
That’s a fine micro turbine I’d be proud to own. Thanks for
the opportunity to win one of these!
Good contest idea. Thanks, Sam’s Club!
This is very cool. I think there should be more green giveaways. Because everyone loves free stuff, green or not.
I could really use a small wind turbine to green myself and my large family.
My rural property in Siskiyou Co. in CA would be a perfect fit for a wind turbine. Love you daily emails.
It would be great to harness the wind here in Iowa and get to know first hand how well those little ones worked. That would have been a stimulus we could all enjoy….imagine how many of these could have been given to small home owners for the amount of what one of those corrupt banksters received.
The coastal properties of Florida should be peppered with these wind turbines and I’m willing to start the push.
OK, random comment here. I could use a small wind turbine…
How exciting…this would be awesome!
Count me in!
Oh Wow! This is exciting. My husband & I have been talking about getting on e of these. We would definately share our experiences and would look forward to hearing from whoever wins. Last fall we completed a permaculture design certification course, are becoming better observers but taking it slow doing what we can to make changes; making better choices in caring for people, earth. We know we are still tipping the scales on the more consumption side but our goal is to equalize. It will be cause for celebration if we can bring our selves to tipping the scale, at least some days, towards redistributing the surplus.
Would love to try that thing out. Really cool.
Cool to see, alot of talk and use here in Alaska about wind power. I’d like to see more!
Great unit, small wind turbines could help define our end user limits of energy consumption as opposed to unlimited access.
Oh man! Count me in!
It would be awesome to have one of these for our tiny cabin. Great contest!
I just specified a Skystream for a
US Fish and Wildlife project. Kept it on a monopole to reduce the danger to birds. Seems like the low(er) maintenance and easy hookup are great for a number of users.
This is a sweet giveaway.
I’ve been looking at wind options for a small cabin I am building.
This would be PERFECT for us!!
Sounds wonderful! I’m anxious to try some form of alternative energy.
Please enter me in this giveaway.
This turbine would make a great addition to the off the grid cabin I am building. 😉
Keep up the good work.
Great giveaway! Sounds affordable aside from getting it free too.
It would be a nice addition to our 10kW PV’s which provide 65% of our energy needs.
My house in Chicago surely doesn’t look like that mountain haven in the photo above – but hey – don’t you want to see the turbines in use in the urban midwest as well? We are the ‘Windy City’… 🙂
I would love to provide some of our power through wind generation.
Consider me entered!
This could be a great turbine to try out in a number of different locations.
I think making turbines available at places like Sam’s club will make them appealing to a wider market. Nice!
Sounds sweet. I doubt our HOA would be thrilled with us having one – but I’ve got some family members with great locations for one.
The HOA may be tempered or precluded by a state law, depending on the state, that would allow solar or small wind in certain circumstances. Hard to say, though.
Awesome. count me in
Very snazzy. I’ve been looking into ways to greenify a bit and save a little on the electric bill.
Count me in!
The wind comes sweeping down the plain here in Oklahoma – Thanks Jetson Green and Skystream what an awesome product and giveaway!
Our pleasure … but thanks in this case goes to Sam’s Club.
What a great idea. Thanks for the opportunity to win one free. We are very interested in going greener on our compound.
We can Wind… Blow by Blow….
I live on Jamaica Bay in Queens, NY. Lots of wind; I’ve been looking at many systems to switch from Con Ed to off-grid. House needs to be fixed, and I’m trying to make ends meet while being underemployed due to the economy. Wind turbine is a great way for me
to start.
Our fellow urban neighbors are already appalled at our safe lawn – why not this?
I love the look myself.
As I’m reading this, I’m looking out the window and we’re having some solid winds and strong gusts, and my town doesn’t have zoning issues with windmills, I could sure use one!
In The Dalles,Or wind is the future…It would also work very well with my wee house.
A WeeHouse? We’d love to see it. How long have you had it?
Portland certainly gets its share of wind! Sign us up!
I would love to randomly win this!
I’d actually heard about Sams Club installing the turbines, but what I really think is the coolest is that they will actually be selling them. That will hopefully influence more folks to pick them up. Lord knows how many people shop at Sams. 🙂
Such an exciting giveaway, it would be great for our small acreage of land we have!
That’s great that not only is Sam’s Club USING wind power, but that they’re offering it for sale as well. I’d love to have this for the cabin I’m designing now.
This would be so useful at our house. We live on a bay that receives an incredible amount of wind; it’s one of the best windsurfing spots in the state of Washington. I’d love to see this wind put to good use (besides recreationally), and inspire the neighborhood to do the same!
I could really use this for my super off-grid lifestyle
Very sweet, Lets keep it moving.
wow, was just looking these up, can’t believe you’d be giving it away, here’s to hoping i win what i was researching!!
As a “lady home builder”, women ask me all the time about when it will be possible to reduce the cost of heating, cooling, and other home needs b a device that will ‘fit in their backyard’. For this reason, I have considered offering mini turbines spotted through a subdivision that homeowners could ‘share’. I don’t know how many 2000 SF homes could be serviced in that manner – but I suspect that on a cost effective basis, homeowners might ‘share’ the energy reductions, but need to pay an additional amount to the service providers. There is also the question of ‘looks’. I always wonder why people complain about cell phone towers, etc – when they have been living with telephone and electrical poles for more than 100 years. I can understand not wanting to have a wind turbine SITE next to your back yard – since it takes a lot of anchoring space. I wonder, however, if there isn’t some alternative to this problem – the rotating cylinders, for example, that are wind turbines. Another alternative might be to make the anchoring space so ATTRACTIVE that it was considered a great area for family and kids to gather – landscaping, mixed use areas for baseball, soccer, picnics, etc. The immediate problem that comes to mind is the liablity factor of the tower failing and injuring someone. As the energy crunch starts effecting people as the current recession has done, I think there will be second thoughts: Do I want electricity or go back to kerosene laps and wood fires? There’s not a doubt what I’ll choose: I can’t live without hot water – and I’m not about to start heating it on a cast iron stove.
Very nice! I would definitely use that.
Just convinced my parents that it might be a good option for their house… Thanks for the give away!
This would be awesome to have. I’m not sure if my neighborhood allows them unfortunately. I’ll definitely do my best to pressure them into letting me install this if I’m lucky enough to win it.
what a great way to start a new e- energy system in a new home. 🙂
nice!
I’ve seen these before at work, the crew @ a Jean Michel Cousteau use one at one of their Environment centers, I though they would be too expensive for home owners but the price of these seem reasonable for a small residence to be able to use one.
These are great little turbines for rural applications as well. I would love to install a few of these!
this would be perfect for powering a small backyard shed.
Amazing!!! This would be a perfect way to start off my ‘off the grid living!’
This is great! I envy our local National Guard station for their having the capital to install a big old wind turbine and PV. We would install this on our undeveloped parcel outside of Taos, and use it to power a pump for a well.
Ooooh; I would love to have this! (and I even know someone who could build a tower for it 🙂
I would be the coolest kid on the block with one of these bad boys.
Thank you for the opportunity..
On the Maine coast, wind power is gaining momentum.
The wind keeps blowing like crazy…a use for it would be pretty nice.
I plan to retire from my aerospace job soon and retire to the east Texas woods and build a net ZEH. This small turbine would make part of a great demonstration of what can be done to minimize our footprint on this planet.
This is a great giveaway item – perfect for a small off-grid cabin…
We are building a house built around self-sustainability. Our house is rain collection, well water, propane and (hopefully!) solar and wind if we can scrape the money together, even though we are struggling.
I had no idea Sam’s Club sold wind power. Love the blog. Keep up the good work.
We’re in the process of building a leed certified home. This would be a great addition to home!
This would be great for a campsite!
Oh! I have been researching all of these small home turbines for so long, they have come so far, please please let me be lucky!
Ole Sam would be proud to know that Wal-Mart and Sam’s were at the forefront of the alternative energy movement
Very cool , i would like a few for my place
Great story and great product! Mitchell Davis small house fan…949-510-1185
Sounds like a great idea.
wind is the answer. Thankyou for offering this to the public. It is a win win.
would be fun to put up in my yard, the guy next door put up a homemade one lasted about a week ,(blades where not balanced ) we get good wind at night .here in the city, i live in Valley Center , Kansas. town is in the bottom of the Valley , hope I win lol
I would love one! Thanks for the opportunity!
Here in Ohio, there is a real push to get 300MW of our energy grid off of sustainable energy. Instead of blanketing our farm land with solar panels and/or wind mills, these small mills are just the thing. The solar panel needs could be easily addressed by using the flat roofs of warehouses and factories…why till up our farm land!
Eric in Ohio
Glad to see Sam’s Club using wind power. Great give away too!
The perfect compliment to my solar array. Thanks for giving us a chance, Preston!
What a great idea, thank you so much.
Oooh, yes please!
It’s very windy in west Eugene!
Just bought a 110-year-old farmhouse with an empty spot on the top of the hill just begging for a new-fangled wind turbine!
OK, ….I want it.
This is fantastic! I would love to win and tell my urban community about your great products.
I built a greenhouse without electricity..I would like to power small heating pads to put underneath the seed starting trays..the sun and the breeze would be perfect!
Sounds perfect for my roof!
Would be perfect for our area, better than solar.
This is very cool, and the new beauty in anyones landscape.
Very intriguing, my fellow graduate students and I at the USC School of Engineering would love to have the opportunity to gather some data on the unit with respect to site selection at our satellite research centers. Hope I win! Keep up the great work…
life is good, but a cute little windmill might make it stupendous!
Can’t wait to get one spinning in my yard
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I recently drove past that Sams Club. It was very cool looking. More major chains should follow Sams Club lead.
I live on an island and am very interested in wind energy. Thanks for the article on your blog.
Iv been looking into wind power to save money on power and go further green. Id love to show off wind power to the neighborhood.
We are getting started rebuilding an old bus to live in. This would be a perfect addition 🙂
We are building an Eco Adventure Lodge and this would fit very nicely into the scheme of things. Thanks for the chance to win the wind generator. We can all win with windpower if we but spread our wings of imagination and power up our minds with possibility.
I have a small hobby farm (more like a livestock animal refuge) 18 miles from my house, totally off grid. I just recently had a small cabin shell put up and am planning on finishing it within the next two months. This wind turbine is a fantastic alternative for electric power for my farm! Presently, we have to run a generator when we need power, but don’t care for the noise or having to use gasoline, so this would be a fantastic addition! We take in unwanted livestock from the Rutherford Co shelter and needed a place to sleep and hang out to spend more time with the critters. Not having power is a real problem, and even if I don’t win, I’m going to look into this product here in middle Tennessee!
I’ve been thinking about using these on my property and been taslking to a friend about doing the same on his. Wind throughout the day on both parcels. Seems ideal to generate power off the grid!
it looks amazing..would love to use one~~
Well, heck! Count me in. I’d LOVE to add wind power to my home!
Great idea for getting people to look at wind-power. I hope whoever wins will send word of how they use it. I’d love to know if it would be practical in a city, or what’s involved beyond the turbine itself.
Dang the sucky thing about this contest is getting emailed everytime
someone ads a comment.
Glad to see so many people interested — but I really wish there was a
way to turn off notifications for individual posts in Disqus.
I think you subscribed to subsequent comments by email. If so, above you should be able to unsubscribe to comments by email. Hope this works. We’re getting an all-time high in comments right now.
Yes. I am subscribed to the comments via e-mail – I like to know when people respond to my comments. I’m not complaining about your site… more a feature in Disqus. I would like to be able to unsubscribe to posts from time to time while still getting the updates on all my other sites. Disqus doesn’t have that feature at this time 🙁
Would sooo love to get this so as to rub the fan blades into my Republican-esque community. I’d hit the local news, and it would be good.
Small, scaleable wind is an overlooked energy resource that can be part of the equation for carbon-free power. Fairly new to this website but am sending links to all my interested friends.
This would be a great move for my family’s vacation location!
It’s fantastic that Sam’s has decided to showcase alternative energy the way they have. Little by little the alternative becomes more mainstream…..
Nice looking generator. Could put it to work here.
Very interesting I would love to see what it would do in my neck of the woods with our electrical power bill being rated on coal prices we really have high bills.
My fiancée and I are going to be married in 9 days. What an AMAZING wedding gift this would be!
Hope I win! 😀
Sam’s Club sells wind turbines? Who knew. And what an awesome giveaway!
hello,
My name is Oona…like charlie Chaplin’s wife. I am Basque, French American and married to a Senegalese fisherman. We are directors of a non-for-profit ecological cultural arts exchange camp based in the north of Senegal near Saint Louis (where there is a lot of wind btw!) We are in the process of building the first sustainable camp in Senegal where the traditional african life style is mixed with ultra modern eco-architecture in order to show the african governments that THIS IS WHAT THEY SHOULD INVEST IN!!! Africa is still bare and full of open land that is ripe to build new green cities based on their traditions (using adobe, wells for water and solar panels OR little wind mills!!) Senegal has 700 km of coastline with loads of wind each day yet there are no wind mills. I think this would be a great opportunity to show the government that there are people ready to modernize Senegal as long as the government participates in funding sustainable and ecological development.
I think my association would be a perfect place for your windmill because we are very small and local, I am fully integrated into the Senegalese population through my husband and child and this wouldn’t be just a private wind mill….people would come to see it from all over the country and I think it will inspire a lot of businesses who might see an economic opportunity in investing in wind power!
Thanks for your time. I hope to be in touch soon!
Oona Ibar
We’d love this – looks handy for emergencies since we live in a windy area.
This would be so handy – live in windy area and always wanted to try it.
Thanks for the opportunity.
this is a great little turbine, with enough power to really make a difference in our energy consumption. we’re stuck with a small home on property that is ideal for wind generation, but without the money to take advantage. this little guy would be a great start, good luck to all- GO GREEN!
What a great idea. I would love to install this on our community center in New Bedford Massachusetts
I’m in the design stage for an off-the-grid home in upstate NY and this would solve many problems!
I want to win a wind turbine, I want to win a wind turbine, I want to win a wind turbine : ) I’m closing my eyes and clicking my heels……
Woohoo! Wind Power for all! Not sure how I would utilize it, but I’m sure I would find somewhere to stick it!
wind turbine it is socool . I like it
I love your wind turbines!
yes, please
yes, please
Looks like a great way to reduce your power consumption from the grid.
this would be the coolest thing, i think i’d be the only one in atlantic county w/ one on their home.
This would sure help with the developement of the homestead in Oklahoma.
This is great! We are a small canine rescue group on a ranch in Waller, Texas. We are trying to do a green remodel on one of the “outbuildings” for a permanent shelter for volunteers. Our resources are limited (funds generally go toward care and feeding of the dogs),but we are actually talking about trying to build our own solar panels. We had not not considered wind power because of the expense. This would be God send for us!
What a great idea and an interesting blog I will definitely be back! Love the idea of more ways to save energy, money, & resources especially big businesses…keep them coming
Howdy,
I’m a graduate student building a microhouse in Vermont on the cheap and would really benefit from such a cool opportunity! Thanks for doing this!
http://www.microhouse.wordpress.com
Looks great. This would be wonderful for the very small home I am building as my first home in Maine. The foot print will be less than 500 sq. feet and as environmentally friendly as possible. I plan to start a blog about the process this spring.
Cheers,
David
They just made it legal here to install wind power on a residential lot. Would love to have this.
Thanks for the chance to win!I am really excited!
Ann
God gives the wind to blow. Why not use it? – Dennis
This is something I could really use out at our farm that is yet to be on the grid!!! We bring a gas generator when we need to use power tools!!!!
Cheers to wind power! Thanks for the opportunity!
Would love to see this on your house and mine!
I would love one of those!
Put me on the list, wind power is awesome. I think every home in america should have one!
This 400W Small Wind Turbine is a great way to get in to renewable energy endeavour. Count me in Please for the giveaway.
Thanks for the info. Good luck folks!
Very impressed with the specs – and price – of this generator. Definitely something to look into, unless I happen to win one. 😉
This is great! We’ve been researching alternative energy sources, but were unaware that Sam’s Club is offering something like this. We would love to be off-grid on our ten rural acres, but even backup generation would be a big plus. Thanks for letting us know about this, and offering this give-away!
Wow! It actually is pretty attractive too. I was surprised at the SAM’s connection too.
Count me in!
Awesome! I would love to use this to help power my garden office!
Would love to have one and see how well it would do by Lake Livingston in East Texas.
Sam Club turbines? Great idea. Lets mainstream this stuff as soon as we can. Love to have one of my own!
Sweet giveaway. I think wind and solar combined is the ultimate setup. Keep the lights glowing even during the darkness of winter…
Cool, would work great on the Solar Burrito property. Now if they only made a power souce powered by rain… Oh ya hydro but we don’t have a stream. Thanks Jetson Green, count me in.
Wow! Pretty cool.
Count me in, I would love to own a wind turbine.
Very neat, very useful.
Very Cool! I REALLY want the wind turbine, it would integrate so well with my “Escape the Grid” master plan!
This is so amazing! I would absolutely love a wind turbine. I think it’s one of the absolute best options for alternative energy.
Wind power = love
I’m planning on trying small wind whether I win this or someone else does…but it would be nice to start out for free. What can I do to counteract the walmart connection? It could be hard on my karma
Wow! Nice giveaway! I’m in …
NIce!! Way to go Preston!! Gotta Love your giveaways!!
Everyone remember to come to the LIVE Green Festival this Saturday in SLC, Utah at Library Square.
Thanks Terry. You guys going to have a booth set up?
Sure Will. Please come by if you can make it. Would be nice to meet you in person!
Moving into a new house and this would be a great addition to our plans.
I have 40 acres in the ozarks that just cries out for one of these…
I really need this to run my electric appliances at my cabin at Lake Tahoe
This is such a fabulous offer. I would love to win the turbine as we are looking to build a tiny house and had not decided how we were going to power the lights and computers.
Thank you again for making such a generous offer to your readers!
Oooh! I’m curious about how many municipalities allow wind power devices on typical urban lots? Only one way to find out…
I’ll take that. Thank You. Now I just need to get my cabin built.
Sweet idea and a generous one too. I’d like to hear from whoever wins on ease of installation and use.
What a great giveaway!Lots of wind here…..fingers crossed.
I really like it. It would help people who are off the grid have an affordable way to get some power.
PV, geothermal, passive homes, and now wind turbines!
We’ve been very interested in these and would love to try it out.
YEAH! generating green power. I would love one of these for the roof. I live near the water where there’s always a nice breeze. 🙂
Me Me Me! 😉 I have always wanted to put one up!
I’d gladly accept a wind turbine, but the best green energy comes from a Capstone Turbine Co-generation system.
Wow, this is just what we need! We live on the on Gulf Coast and always have a breeze to run it!
This’d be cool in the back yard!
Way Cool !!
Wind Power is the best!!!!!!!!
Great giveaway, this is an ideal power source for small off-the-grid buildings like my mountaintop cabin. Nice to see wind and solar going affordable and not just as an occasional DIY project.
Thank you for the opportunity! This would be perfect here in rural Hawaii & a blessing with our kWh costs!
I teach an environmental science class–while we have some solar on campus, the students have yet to see wind power in action. This would be a great addition to our campus and curriculum!
oh yeah… I could use one of these!
Nice. I would like to see more those on individual homes. Anything that allows the average person to participant in green power is great.
Wow, this is something they should talk more about. I have been looking for reliable wind power and can’t wait to link over and check it out.
Thanks
This would be great for our wildlife rescue facility. Getting power to the enclosures is always a problem.
I just purchased my first home in Pittsburgh, Pa. “The Nunnery Hill Overlook Homes are ENERGY STAR rated Homes conveniently perched above Pittsburgh’s Northside and walking distance from Downtown and the North Shore attractions. Featuring almost 2000 sq. ft of bright, energy efficient, open floorplan living, and spectacular city views.” I think this wind turbine would be a great feature to my new urban home and would set an example for the rest of the city.
About time the big stores for in the mix. Now, all they need is to put some of their own turbines on their humongous buildings.
This would be ideal for a my sustainable aquaponics farm I am setting up.
Who wouldn’t want one of these? It would at least bring down you power bill. Not to mention reduce your homes carbon footprint.
FANtastic!!! would love to harness the wind in the Western North
Carolina mountains!!
A perfect solution to my problem. Six years ago, I purchased a small piece of land that rest on a high ridge in southern Indiana, planning to build a small cabin. Because of the location and the contour of the land, getting eletric power is just more then I can afford. Not wanting to listen to the sound of portable generators, my project is at a stand still. This small affordable wind turbine like this could just be the ticket. Thanks, keep the info.flowing.
GREAT idea ! Viral marketing with a real benefit for the reader that will keep ongiving benefits for years to come. Well done folks. I’m planning to put a DonQi turbine in my
back garden (2kw but could always use a little brother for it.
We want more of this sort of thing.
Free LED lightbubs anyone?
What a way to spread alternative energy! Hats off to Sam’s Club.
What a great opportunity!
This seems like an amazing chance for people like myself to get into alternative energy without the setback of outrageous prices on the market. Very Cool!!
Hey Preston! I LOVE these things, my neighbor has one and it looks really beautiful out in the country. They’ve put it on a pole but designed a faux tower around it, looks very old-school and fits right into the landscape. I would really like to get one for my homestead, it would totally power my small off-grid cabin!
UrbanRancher, I’m excited to announce that today is your lucky day. You are the random winner of this small turbine giveaway! Congrats. I’ll email you separately to get your address and information for shipment. Thanks to everyone for entering.
What a great giveaway! Good luck everybody!
Having a wind turbine would be fantastic. Certainly worth a comment. Congrats on getting tapped for the giveaway.
Thanks for providing this opportunity. I have recently learned of your blog & have enjoyed reading some of your posts, especially the 10 Green Office Bldg Trends!
I was really surprised to see that Sams Club offers these wind turbines! So hopefully there is a ‘fortunate’ wind blowing in my direction!
Anyone know what height tower is recommended for something like this?
I live in coastal Virginia in an area that is rated “excellent” for wind power.
Everyone who knows me has heard me say that I wish I had a wind generator
so I could harness the near constant breezes here. I’d LOVE to finally be able to
do just that. Great Giveaway!
Great stuff. Thanks for passing this on!
For what it’s worth, my wife and I are putting our hearts and souls into building a 750 acre self-sufficient community in Tennessee. I’ve been working on putting in a micro-hydroelectric generator on our seasonal 50′ waterfall. The next project I have lined up is a wind generator.
I offer a 10% rebate on the purchase of land here for those who put in renewable energy or rain water collection system. So, although I don’t have a following like you do, I think placement in the Village might offer some marketing synergy for Sam’s.
So far, we’ve sold 14 lots (more in the pipeline) and all buyers want to live sustainably off-grid. This would be a great opportunity to prove the viability of wind here on the Cumberland Plateau and sell some more systems once a prototype is in place.
Check us out at http://www.sewaneecreek.com
My Dad’s farm in South Dakota would make this baby hum! In addition to all of his “hot air”, it maybe enough power for everyone 😉
This is awesome, I just did a presentation on sustainable architecture and its great to see stuff like this being putting to use.
We need to see more Wind Turbines put into use. This is really a renewable energy source that has been neglected in the US. I can remember as a kid traveling across the great plains and seeing all the windmills in use. Now they are almost all gone. We need to go back to using this wonderful source of power. It is great to see Sams Club offering these Turbines for sale. Great give away that will help produce power for the lucky winner.
A great prize at a great time for those of us who wish to experiment with alternative energy for our homes. I hope the winner will be able to communicate regularly on his or her success and failures with the installation, use and maintenance of the turbine. My only regret is that I live in Canada. Better luck next time I guess. Hope to read more about the winner’s experience with the product.
Just found a great parking spot for my tiny house –and it’s a windy spot! If I were to win this turbine, it would make a great housewarming present!
I have often wondered ho hard would it be to modify all the lights in every parking lot to accommodate a wind generator and/or a solar panel to offset the lights in the thousands of parking lots across the world at Walmart.
That would be a great set up for a RV full timer if it was made to be portable. A real nice set up for a remote spot in the country.
Thank you for helping get these out there!
We could use one of these at our place-
This would be terrific….
Interesting give away
– i’ve been curious about the use of wind power as a additional source of power.
this may be my ticket to give it a try
– and/or build a prop plane Tiny House with it and fly awayyyyy…
Very cool. I was as member of a green building competition team for my school and it’s quite astonishing how efficient wind energy is. Also, driving back from school I pass a whole farm of turbines. They’re actually quite cool to see in person.
What a cool micro turbine. I didn’t know that they were getting be so available.
Too bad more people wouldn’t take the plunge into greener power generation. It is refreshing to see that a few corporations are taking steps forward to lessen their carbon footprints.
As one preparing to live off the grid on the old family homestead, I would gladly welecom a ‘windfall’…..sorry, I couldn’t resist it!
Not only is this a fun prize, its actually a great turbine… one of the quietest, efficient and affordable turbines on the market! I researched all the manufacturers, the Skystream came out on top for my application… it was was even approved by the Golden Gate Audubon Society. Thanks Southwest Wind!
Count me in! I have read up and this Turbine is great. Any time you can create a little extra energy, it helps!
Great givaway. I would love one of these for a small house that I am building. http://www.littletimberhouse.blogspot.com
what a wonderful opportunity to own a wind mill. I live in the San Luis Valley where the wind blows strong and this windmill would make a great example for our solar garden community we have been working on here in the valley. We are excited about helping our community to go green through solar gardens where we sell shares of our solar to those next door and in the community who can not put up panels. Wind is such a great addition to solar here and this size windmill would be great for so many families living here with no electricity at all.
What a great opportunity. Nice to know as well that they are so inexpensive although I live in Texas so solar power is really the way to go i would still make use of this for my “urban cabin” 600 sq feet in the city.
Thanks for providing this awesome opportunity! I’d love to try a wind generator at my house.
I like how the regulator automatically shuts down when batteries are chargeded.
Go Red Sox Nation !!
Our new house in the middle of a field would do very well with one of these…
Wow, that would be wonderful for my wife’s new yurt! Thanks much!
Three teenagers, south Texas heat and cold, and a leaky old woodframe house that I am trying to plug have lead to electric bills
that would make you faint. Pick me! Pick me! Pick me?
We are senior citizens on a fixed income and we live in Northwest Ohio. I feel like I am living in West Texas. The wind here is terrific and I have a great desire to have a windmill. Not only to save money on electric bills but to help the environment and save the earth for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren and all future generations.
We have the wind. Just need the turbine! A really sweet opportunity for some lucky person!
Definitely interested in entering!
Great idea to promote wind power.
Love the log house and assume the small wind turbine is for an out building? Would love to have the turbine for my mountain cabin if I ever build it. Do you have plans for that great house?
This is a great giveaway contest, and it would be an honor to win. Thanks for the opportunity!
Nice to see wind power getting exposure wherever possible. Currently building a small SIP energy efficient home with this in mind. Sustainability must become integrated into every home plan.
I’m a jewelry artist, and I’ve been planning my dream studio, a 14′ x 16′ next to my home in Alaska. This looks like it would be perfect for my needs. Keeping fingers crossed.
This is your best giveaway so far! I have always dreamed of owning one of these, and It would be great to win one!
This is an awesome chance to test out the wind generator at our site, I would be interested in more info about these systems. thanks for the chance to win. Marty Donn
This installation is great publicity for wind power. The more information about micro generation the better.
Wow! finally a wind turbine that fits in a backyard. Very Cool. I live in the very Windy Columbia River Gorge of rural ORegon am all about green energy and even like the new giant wind turbines that are popping up in my area better than the transmission towers we have had for generations. This is one of the great new ideas in America.!
This is just what I need. I love what you are doing!
Oh, I pine, I yearn…
Thats really cool to see Sam’s Club using alternative energy for a few of their buildings. It’d be VERY nice to see the whole WalMart family employing alternative energies. Maybe someday!!!
This cabin has been in my dreams with the wonderful covered porches and the
opportunity to go green with wind power! Please, pick me!
I currently have a cabin in mid-MI (generator for power) that I am targeting for solar, but a free wind turbine like this one could change all that!
There are several locations where I could put this unit to very good use. Good luck to all!
Sweet! We’ve been looking at ways of taking our studio greener – and in doing, create an example to all our potential/future clients – this would be an ideal part of the package!
fingers crossed
Looks like a way to help the environment on our top of the hill location.
A small wind turbine would really work well in Montana where we have allot of BIG, PREMIUM GRADE WIND! This “new” energy source has been around since the BIG SKY COUNTRY was formed but it remains an untapped resource for most private citizens. Harnessing the Montana wind and developing the power grid to share this source with other states is a #1 priority. Starting small with a 400 watt turbine would set a good example for others in the area.
we live on the shore of Lake Superior where wind is THE natural energy source. we really want to try it!
What a great opportunity! In addition to the obvious benefits, they are beautiful, too!
Pick me for that turbine give away
Cool, I will win!
Wind power! Hell Yeah!
Looking to get out the hussle and bussle of big city. This would work excellent for a new project i am working on outside of the elec. grid. GREAT IDEA.
What a great idea. I found out about this from the “Tiny House Blog” and really can’t wait to see one in person. Could be the perfect fit for our small cabin that we are building.
i shure would like to win ,i have so many off the grid planes and this it one of them, the other is a gasifyer….google it…….
I am planning a small home using a shipping container, from ECOPOD. I plan to be totally off the grid with your wind turbine. Beautiful industrial design, I want several to make a sculptural installation that powers my home. Do they come in Orange?
Bleyer
space+OBjECKTS
Just the thing for our mountain cabin.
Winning this would be the first step after recovery and coming out from the big “C” and building a sustainable home after over five years of spiritual retreat to overcome this illness using only natural means and self shaman healing. (The doctor said I would live only six months if I didn’t listen to his Western Medicine ideas.) Hopefully, thereafter I could become a peer advocate using the home as a meeting place.
Its been windy by me for the pat month! Sure would be nice to have this!
pick me! pick me! pick me!
RANDOM COMMENT–MY MOM ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE WIND IN BILLINGS, MT. WINNING THIS WOULD BE A GREAT GIFT FOR DAD!.
am i too late?
I love the product and love the fact that you are getting the word out about alternative energy sources. Thanks!
This seems like the perfect size for a small cabin.
THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME GIVEAWAY!!!
I am doing my homework, studying, and planning to be the first,as far as I can tell,to build a totally awesome and stylish small modern green home in Akron Ohio. It is going to be constructed as much as possible out of salvaged and reclaimed material AND power self sufficient. A Skystream would be icing on the cake!
just saw this great system today,would be great to bring it to my country Bhutan, since it is mountainous and reaching electricity to these remote places is always expensive, would be a great way of showing alternative power sources to my fellow country men and the government.would be nice to have one. cross my finger and pray to god.
I think I missed the deadline but I’m looking forward to being able to harness some wind power at our off grid ranch
I have never seen so many responses to anything you all have put up!! It’s a hit!! Maybe someone else will give something green and energy producing (or saving) away!! Cash for Caulkers just may be a hit as well!
will it work in south ms.
wind turbine produces the 20kw wind turbine. Seems it also provided the 10kw and 17.5kw wind turbine. It provided the lattice tower and monopole tower. wind turbine