After some painstaking work, he was able to turn a ceiling fan into a wind turbine (of sorts). While it’s true that some generators and motors can be used interchangeably by reversing the flow ...

French startup Wind my Roof has developed a small-scale hybrid wind-solar power generator for rooftop applications. The system consists of a 1,500 W wind turbine and two 600 W solar modules.

If you need inspiration for building a generator, take a look at this build which attempted to adapt a ceiling fan motor into a wind turbine generator.