FLOWER TURBINES
SHOPPING GUIDE
LEARN ABOUT WIND
Before investing in a wind turbine, it's essential to understand how wind energy works. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy from wind into electricity. Factors such as wind speed, consistency, and turbine placement significantly impact energy production.
FAQ
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BOUQUET EFFECT
Flower Turbines are designed to work efficiently in groups, leveraging our patented "Cluster Effect." When multiple turbines are installed close to each other, they can enhance each other's performance by increasing the local wind speed and reducing turbulence. This setup can significantly boost the overall energy output compared to individual, isolated turbines.
The red, higher velocity areas show how the Bouquet Effect works — by driving wind tunnels into adjacent turbines.
ON-GRID AND OFF-GRID SOLUTION
Find the Perfect Renewable Energy Solution
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At Flower Turbines, we cater to your unique energy needs. Whether you're looking for an
off-grid solution for remote locations or an on-grid system to reduce electricity bills,
we have you covered. Explore our on-grid and off-grid options to discover how our
wind turbines can help you harness wind power efficiently.
PURCHASE GUIDE
1. Determine your objectives and take advantage of our resources:
Is your objective primarily saving on bills? Is it to beautify your home? Is it for marketing purposes? We find that most of our clients are looking for a combination of cost savings and a beautiful declaration of where they stand on the environment. Flower Turbines can be the solution to both! Determining what is most important to you may determine what you are looking for in a project.
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​2.Assess Your Energy Needs:
Determine your average monthly kilowatt-hour consumption throughout the year. The easiest way to do this is to assemble a year of electricity bills. We say this because many individuals and businesses want to zero out their electricity bills or they have a special project in mind. If it is a project without any particular number to zero out, you need to determine how much power you want to produce.
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Make a map of your property with distances.
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If you are interested in a rooftop project, you need a map with dimensions of your rooftop and the space available. You need to know the number of kilograms per square meter or pounds per square foot your roof can hold.
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Obtain information on your wind speed and direction. For small wind projects, it rarely pays to do a special measurement of the wind speed and direction. The combination of what you know about your property and the publicly available wind resources (no single one of which is perfect, so we recommend looking at several—here is a list: Weather Underground:https://www.wunderground.com/, Meteoblue: https://www.meteoblue.com, Global Wind Atlas: https://globalwindatlas.info/en ) is often sufficient. If you do decide to measure your wind information, you should choose a weather station that ideally enables you to take measurements every 10 seconds (maximum 1 minute), take the wind direction, and allow you to download a spreadsheet with a time stamp and those values.
The wind speed information tells you what to expect in terms of the project’s performance. If it is very high or low, we may change the electronics to account for that.
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The direction helps you determine how to arrange the turbines in a row to take advantage of the cluster (“bouquet”) effect. Click here for guidance on that.
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Are you in an area of likely corrosion, such as near the sea? We can add extra coatings to some of the parts to account for this.
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3. Research Turbine Models:
Explore the various Flower Turbine models:
to find one that suits your energy requirements and site conditions. Your return on investment increases with larger models and more turbines placed near each other. One of the biggest mistakes customers make is to order too few and not enjoy the power of the cluster effect.
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4. Consider your location and building:
A big challenge of small projects is to find the proper electronics for them. If you are in the EU or countries with similar grid voltage (220-240), we partnered with a German firm to make some special electronics for us that enable 3 to 6 of our smallest turbines (1-meter) and 1-2 of our medium (2-meter) turbines to be grid connected with a low threshold.
For countries with US-type voltage (110-120), we do not have that available for such small projects; the lowest capacity inverter we recommend starts at 5 kilowatts capacity. That means that for a project with 1-meter turbines you should plan on 30 and ideally 50 turbines in a project (less if you are combining the turbines with solar or using one of our Eco-Roof projects that includes solar). For a project with our 2-meter turbines, you should get 5 and ideally 10 per project. For a project with our 3-meter turbines, you should get 5 per project.
These are minimums. The larger the turbines and the more of them, the easier it is to make your project.
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If you have a commercial building or microgrid with voltage connections higher than the standard, you should fill out the project detail form.
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A factory wants to decrease its electric bill around the periphery of its property. They should use the largest size available because efficiency improves with size for all turbines. Then they should cluster as many as possible (after following earlier steps for assessing your wind and your property)
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If you are doing an off-grid project, for example, for some lighting or to power a display, it is much easier to get you the electronics.
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5. Get more information to purchase:
If you have gone through the steps above, and looked at the product pages (listed below)
If you now know what you want, click on our shopping page here for a 5% discount for buying now without involving our staff. We recommend this if you have a straightforward project.
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Here are some examples of straightforward projects which you can order online and get the discount:
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For a simple off-grid project with the 1-meter or 2-meter turbines in a windy location, you can use the off-grid power for an independent lighting, security, or outdoor display system. The simplest configuration would be to have a 12-volt deep-cycle battery with a simple off-grid inverter. You can also save a conversion by connecting the DC power of the battery to some DC LED lights and make yourself a nice lighting system not dependent on the grid for functioning.
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For a simple wind-only project on grid, order the package of at least 5 2-meter turbines. Above the basic package, you can add one turbine at the time till you reach 10. You can buy the small 1-meter turbines in a group of 30 and add one by one to your order until you reach 50, which is another package. 5 of our 3-meter turbines makes a package with a 5-kilowatt inverter.
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Each 5-meter Tulip can come with its own inverter, so order as many as you want individually. If you group them in your project, we can combine them into a single larger inverter. Let us know after you place the order.
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For combined wind and solar on-grid, we have the Eco-roof products. To make them work with the 5-kilowatt inverters, you should get one of these packages:
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3 sets of the 2-meter Eco-Roof project. They come with a battery and 5-kilowatt inverter. You can also order 4 sets for a total of 8 turbines (recommended)
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3 sets of the 1-meter 5-turbine Eco-Roof product or 5 sets of the 1-meter 3-turbine Eco-Roof product work with a 5-kiilowatt inverter.
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We also sell our power towers with aluminum blades online. They are designed for those who care less about esthetics and more about cost-effectiveness. They are cheaper to produce, ship, and install, and have the same great aerodynamic innovations. They come in 1-meter high modules from one to eight modules. You can choose what you want, but we recommend 2, 4, 6, or 8 modules because they alternate direction for capturing the wind and make a smoother motion. Click here for our page on the AL13 Power Tower, which includes a spec sheet.
We can also sell odd numbers of modules in the stacks, but even numbers are better because they spin more smoothly.
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If you are doing an off-grid project, for example, for some lighting or to power a display, it is much easier to get you the electronics. Usually, all you need to do if you purchase online is to buy what you want and tell us the voltage of the battery you will supply in a follow up email to support.us@flowerturbines.com and we will make the electronics fit your battery (some configurations may rarely require an extra expense)
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One of the beautiful things about our Tulips is that you can make a beautiful garden of tulips in different colors. The challenge here is that a better way to add these colors instead of painting them on is to make the entire blade from the color, but our suppliers require us to make high minimum orders of each color. So your best choice would be to email us whether special colors are available from a recent run or whether our supplier has a little extra of a color in stock. Of course, large enough orders mean we can pick colors just for you.
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After your purchase on the web, our staff will contact you if there is something not clear about your order.
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We can combine a wind and solar project for you; that will likely mean filling out the project detail form. Our Eco-Roof products offer a solar option as part of the package and are great for simple projects.
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6. Fill Out the Project Detail Form (only for those who are buying through a sales person):
This is for those who want guidance or have specific needs. If you have an existing photovoltaic system and you want us to connect into your battery, you should fill out this form.
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Complete the Project Detail Form on our website to provide essential information about your site and energy needs. This will help us recommend the best turbine model and provide an accurate quote.
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After you have filled this out:
Contact support.us@flowerturbines.com for USA & outside USA
Contact support.eu@flowerturbines.com for EU
Our customer success agents are authorized to give you 15 minutes of free consultation time after you have finished these steps. Additional consultation time can be purchased in advance in 30-minute increments here
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7. Shipping and Payment Information:
Shipping charges are calculated at the time of shipment because of price fluctuation.
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Shipping charges are due at the time of shipment in order to release the shipment.
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If you make a partial payment when you buy through a salesperson (only authorized under special circumstances), full payment is required before preparing your turbine for shipment.
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There are no partial payments for custom orders such as a special color. If you made a deposit and cancel the order, the refund is subject to a handling fee and payment for consultation time.
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We manage shipping within the US and EU; customers are responsible for arranging international shipments.
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8. Installation:
Customers are responsible for finding and hiring licensed electricians and contractors for turbine installation.
Need Financing?
PNC Bank is interested in working with Flower Turbines customers. They are offering Unsecured Small Business Loans of $20,000-100,000 without collateral — contact them directly.
Ritalia Funding partners with Flower Turbines to offer fast, easy financing up to $1M. — contact them directly.
