"will provide power at wind speeds from 8 to 28 miles per hour"
Neat idea but unless you are within 3 miles of the coast you're unlikely to see wind speeds above 6mph in your area for any sustained period of time.
Neat idea but unless you are within 3 miles of the coast you're unlikely to see wind speeds above 6mph in your area for any sustained period of time.
Windiness, as you say, is indeed correlated with exposure. The top three ways of exposing oneself are: ocean (or the next best thing for land lubbers: coast next to ocean), mountain, and wide open space.
I live about 100 miles from the coast, and the number of days I can remember having an easy time of it is of the order of five in a given year.