Abstract: A wind turbine with an electric generator, having a vertical axis of rotation, the wind turbine having: a cantilevered spindle having an upper end and a lower base for securing to a support structure, the spindle having an electric generator stator disposed about the spindle in communication with electrical conductors; a rotor assembly comprising a sleeve and a rotor housing mounted coaxially around the spindle and the stator for rotation about the vertical axis, the rotor housing having a number of permanent magnets disposed about the stator mounted in the rotor housing, the rotor assembly including rotor bearings mounting the rotor housing to the spindle; and a number of blades mounted to the rotor housing, the electric generator optionally having: a stator having a first annular flux surface and a second annular flux surface transverse the axis of rotation and a plurality of armature sections disposed in a circumferential array wherein each armature section has metal wire coils in communication with electr