One of the better places for a wind turbine is on the brow of a hill. A well positioned wind turbine can produce a serious amount of electricity and bang for buck gives a much better return on investment than solar electric panels. In fact it wouldn't be unreasonable for a well located turbine to reduce your electricity bill by as much as 30%

However, a badly located turbine can be very inefficient.The diagram shows the effect a house has on prevailing winds. Clean air can be found away from the house, to the right at a distance of 20 times its height. An 8m high house would mean the turbine should be located 20 * 8 = 160m away from the house. Or in this case simply in front of it.

Like solar electric panels, storing the electrical energy in batteries can be expensive so feeding the generated current directly into the house supply is better. This can be done using an approved inverter which converts and synchronises the electricity so it's compatible with the utility supply. If there's sufficient wind your meter literally slows down!

Contrary to rumours they don't kill birds/wild life and produce very little more noise than the sound of the wind itself and can, when correctly located make a very big difference