Wind powered electricity generation system

A wind powered electricity generation system comprising:

• at least one wind vane assembly, said wind vane assembly having a carrier member, a plurality of elongated trough-shaped vanes, a plurality of support arms, fastner means attaching the back of said vanes to a point adjacent the ends of said support arms, the front end of said trough-shaped vanes pointing outwardly substantially perpendicularly from the lateral attaching surface of said support arms, each of said trough-shaped vanes having a longitudinally extending axis that makes an angle between 30 degrees and 60 degrees with a vertical axis that passes through the point of attachment of the back of the trough-shaped vane and the support arm, upstanding cleats on the surface of said trough-shaped vanes, said cleat being oriented in pairs that form the shape of an open bottom V-configuration;
• an elongated shaft attached substantially perpendicularly to the bottom of said carrier member;
• a tower supporting said shaft;
• and
• drive gear means mounted on said shaft, said drive gear means being connected to an electricity generator.