New invention to generate household electricity
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WA designed household wind turbine (Photo supplied: Graeme Attey.)
A West Australian inventor believes he has developed a way to generate electricity for homes using wind power.
Graeme Attey of Fremantle designed the concept which uses a modular wind turbine that is small enough to sit on a the roof of house.
Mr Attey says his modular wind turbine is about a metre in length and half a metre in height, and creates power using blades which are rotated by the wind.
He says the system can also be used in conjunction with solar panels.
"Between solar and wind it's very easy actually to drive a whole house."
Mr Attey believes a home could generate extra power to then feed back to the electricity grid.
The West Australian Government is helping Mr Attey fund his trials and says it will consider offering householders a rebate to install the system when it's released onto the market some time next year.