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 turbine technologies.

The DTI estimates that by 2050, up to 30-40% of UK's electricity generation could be produced by renewable and microgeneration technologies, including 6% from wind turbine generation. The UK's housing sector is responsible for around 28% of the UK's CO2 emissions, hence the 25 million homes in the UK, as well as schools, businesses and other public and private sector buildings can have an important part to play in tackling climate change by generating their own power.

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.