RE: Wind Power

[Martin Wonders <martin.wonders@xxxxxxxxx>]

We're waiting for planning permission for this, been talking to these guys
for the past year.
There is no need to swap the electricity meter, they supply a box of tricks
that takes care of everything,
don't know how it works and they wouldn't tell us other than all trials
look
good.

In terms of not using what is produced, I wouldn't call it waste as we're
not using the winds energy if we don't have a turbine (strange comment
really :))

The turbine shuts down and folds up in high winds.

I don't think it's about money in the end, more the planning department.
These things need to be small and quiet otherwise
you haven't got a chance Windsave have dealt with all the planning issues,
I
doubt you could say the same for provenenergy.
I'll let you all know how we get on but the planners have initially been
positive.

We have a ground source heat pump quoted at I think around 95% efficient,
the electricity requirement causing the 5% loss. I think you can see where
I'm going with this.

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Noble [mailto:yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 January 2005 14:36
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Wind Power



Marc Fuller wrote:

> I'm not an electrician, but here's my guess.
>
> A better way to think of electricity is pressure, rather than water.
> If the pressure in your ring man is more than the pressure coming in
> from the electricity supplier, then less will be used.


Indeed. I'd want to know what happens to any excess you generate though.
Normally I think you have to swap your electricity meter for one that
can cope with flow of power in either direction. It's a shame the UK
doesn't legislate to enforce price equality between electricity you get
from the grid and electricity you put onto the grid (AIUI that's how it
work in Germany, for example).

They also seem to skimp on the detail regarding how their product copes
in highly windy conditions.

Personally, I'd rather pay a bit more and get one from
www.provenenergy.com (not that I have the money to buy one anyway). They
have a 2.5kW turbine sited on top of a school in Japan which survived
135mph winds in a typhoon (whilst remaining operational)...

Jim