This medium sized turbine boasts aerospace grade materials with the finest intuitive design to produce a quiet, enduring generator at a very reasonable price. The manufacturers claim the carbon fibre blades are 7 times stiffer than steel and as a result they reduce energy loss due to 'flapping' of the blades....

A very small wind turbine designed primarily for battery charging on boats or small contributions to household electricity and other low power land applications.

Although the Aerogen 4 can be used on yachts and cruisers, this small turbine is more suited to land applications than its close relative the Aerogen 2.

The Aerogen 6 is the most powerful in the LVM range, and is ideal for live-in yachtsmen, static caravans and other small establishments.

The turbine has not been tested for compliance with UK standards for small turbine safety and grid connection. However they have a patent on their 3 dimensional blades, which are designed for extr efficiency in power extraction, and apparently boast a low noise factor. Crane needed for installation for standard...

The Aerostar 6 metre wind turbine is a large machine suitable for domestic use (if you have the space!), farms, or other larger applications.

This Japanese-designed small wind turbine is distributed in the UK by Reading-based Semplice Energy Ltd. Unusually for small machines, the turbine features a motorised self-start system, which is designed to get the blades generating at lower-than-normal wind speeds. Every so often it kick-starts itself, to see whether there is any...

Possibly the biggest selling small turbine in the world, with SouthWest wind power claiming more than 140,000 units sold to 120 countries in the last ten years.

The Chinese Airforce 4.1 is a CE certified, 5kW machine. The manufacturer, the amusingly-named Hopeful Energy claims that this turbine provides the best in wind energy capture, low maintenance and high return on investment.

Ampair have a long track record in making small turbines for the British yachting industry, such as their 100W and 300W models.