The UK has the best wind resource in Europe, an asset that has the potential to provide a considerable proportion of the UK energy market in years to come.

Together with several innovative manufacturers, the UK has a chance of becoming a world leader in small wind energy technologies. The DTI estimates that by 2050, up to 30-40% of UK's electricity generation could be produced by small and microgeneration technologies, including 6% from small wind energy generation.

Small scale renewable energy technologies such as small wind turbines generate clean and renewable energy with no harmful emissions and can thus help reduce a significant proportion of the UK's CO2 emissions. There is an increasing amount of interest and support for these technologies from politicians, industry and the public alike.