Tower Design and Manufacture - Small Wind Turbines: Analysis, Design, and Application - page 221

which gives n 1 & 2.01 Hz.

10.5 Guyed Towers

Guyed towers are often the cheapest, Fig. 10.9 . Figure 10.10 shows a tubular
guyed tower with four guy wires and 5 kW wind turbine being raised using the
A-framed gin pole attached to one of the guys. The tower is constructed from
sections of constant diameter galvanised pipe and the guy wires are anchored at the

Fig. 10.9 Tower prices for
the Bergey 10 kW turbine
from www.
windpowerunlimited.com
accessed April 2010

40

Monopole
self-supporting lattice
tilt-up guyed
basic guyed

30

20

10

15 20 25 30 35 40

Tower height (m)

Fig. 10.10 A 5 kW turbine
being raised on a guyed
towed tower on French
Island, Victoria, Australia