Hybrid solar wind generator delivers juice to rural Navajos

In this day and age, it is nearly impossible to live without electricity – sure, you can keep warm with fur coats or use charcoal to fire up that heater in your home, but none of those are going to get your iPad up and running once it has exhausted its battery, right. In order to deliver power to rural Navajos in a green and cost effective manner, a hybrid power generator that relies on both the rays of the sun as well as wind power was installed at the Navajo Reservation west of Farmington, N.M., merging an eight-panel solar array, small wind turbine, and battery in a solitary unit on a shipping skid.

Ubergizmo, Hybrid solar wind generator delivers juice to rural Navajos