alt.energy.renewable

Rob Dekker wrote:
> "Blattus Slafaly 0/00 ? ? ?" wrote in message news:47fa4bf0$0$17342$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
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>> $500 ? HA! If you want 1800 watts it's more like $5000.00 not counting the mast.
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> Let's see : $5000 for 1800 Watt.
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> At 5% interest, and a 20 year life span of the generator, that is about $500/year.
> If it's blowing your butt off non-stop, then this thing generates 15,000 kWh/year.
> That's about 3ct/kWh, about the same at the current wholesale electricity prices.
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> Heating cost is currently (here in California) $1.1 / therm (1 therm == 100,000 btu == 100 MJ == 27 kWh) retail.
> That is 4ct/kWh retail.
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> If wind blows a more realistic average of 25% of peak load, then you generate energy for 12ct/kWh.
> Of course, you would still need to add cost for the mast to this, and maintain this machine....
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> So how is this supposed to save our heating cost by 75% again ?
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> Rob
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>> Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8
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That's what I said a first, Rob, THE COST OF THE SYSTEM IS OVERPRICED
and prohibitive. In the mean time, all that wasted wind power.



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Blattus Slafaly ? 3 :) 7/8