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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 76062" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>Danny,</p><p>The wind power credits are used by these companies to pay for the electricity that they use every month with their local utility. In turn, these credits are transferred through the system so that the wind power is pumped into the national grid and thus a demand for it. You and I can also purchase these credits although I believe for the individual it's a slightly more complex process than for large companies. </p><p> </p><p>As time goes on it appears this will become more and more of a fixture to where you can purchase wind or solar generated power credits and thus push the national grid more and more towards renewable resources. More and more power companies are becoming in essence transportation companies in that they charge a toll for power transport over the lines and this opens the door for renewable power companies to move their product. My local utility talk to me about a year or so ago about solar or rather I approached them on it. Several companies are now making solar roof shingles and depending on the app. you may generate more power than you use. Sometime in the future the vision is to have a large number of homes with solar shingles act as a collective megawatt generation station for the local utility. I'm on the list as the first on my block to be there. It's not a plug and play either as you have to make some changes to your own home concerning energy efficency to generate excess power. We've spent quite a bit of money over the last 4 to 5 years on our home but in the process we've reduced our total energy needs by about 55% currently and we're not done yet. I'm studying 12 VDC lighting right now and we may opt to a total home lighting conversion as the energy usage is drastically lower than with AC power. My goal is to reduce the energy needs of our house from what it was when built in the early 70's to 20% of that need now. Lofty yes but I think it's doable while in the process of remodel and upscale and we're about 2/3rds of the way there now. </p><p> </p><p>BTW: You can generate hydro-power and never build the first dam or impede waterflow. They now have turbines that just drift underwater in a stream flow and I'm considering one for a future shop in my backyard I want to build as it's source of power. I live right on a major stream in our area and have great headflow for such an idea. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.jatsgreenpower.com/hydroelectric.html" target="_blank">http://www.jatsgreenpower.com/hydroelectric.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 76062, member: 2189"] Danny, The wind power credits are used by these companies to pay for the electricity that they use every month with their local utility. In turn, these credits are transferred through the system so that the wind power is pumped into the national grid and thus a demand for it. You and I can also purchase these credits although I believe for the individual it's a slightly more complex process than for large companies. As time goes on it appears this will become more and more of a fixture to where you can purchase wind or solar generated power credits and thus push the national grid more and more towards renewable resources. More and more power companies are becoming in essence transportation companies in that they charge a toll for power transport over the lines and this opens the door for renewable power companies to move their product. My local utility talk to me about a year or so ago about solar or rather I approached them on it. Several companies are now making solar roof shingles and depending on the app. you may generate more power than you use. Sometime in the future the vision is to have a large number of homes with solar shingles act as a collective megawatt generation station for the local utility. I'm on the list as the first on my block to be there. It's not a plug and play either as you have to make some changes to your own home concerning energy efficency to generate excess power. We've spent quite a bit of money over the last 4 to 5 years on our home but in the process we've reduced our total energy needs by about 55% currently and we're not done yet. I'm studying 12 VDC lighting right now and we may opt to a total home lighting conversion as the energy usage is drastically lower than with AC power. My goal is to reduce the energy needs of our house from what it was when built in the early 70's to 20% of that need now. Lofty yes but I think it's doable while in the process of remodel and upscale and we're about 2/3rds of the way there now. BTW: You can generate hydro-power and never build the first dam or impede waterflow. They now have turbines that just drift underwater in a stream flow and I'm considering one for a future shop in my backyard I want to build as it's source of power. I live right on a major stream in our area and have great headflow for such an idea. [URL="http://www.jatsgreenpower.com/hydroelectric.html"]http://www.jatsgreenpower.com/hydroelectric.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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