Business Model: Wind Farm

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Comment by Gary Fosburg on September 24, 2009 at 1:42pm

If the Pickens plan (which I support) supported a National Energy Lottery (see blog below) proposal and the 4 million followers donated 5 bucks a week for this Energy Raffle, there would be 800 winners a week or 41,600 winners a year of a $25,000 voucher good only for Renewable products, ie; solar, wind, hybrid, energy green appliances, etc...and be fully transferrable as well. Take advantage of the Fed's energy credit and it would buy around $32,000 worth of Green product/s.

If the Pickens Plan ran this program and retained 10% for operations, not only would it generate further income for the cause but the donators would have some fun with the potential of winning this voucher and 25,000 to 1 odds. Better than a money lottery that doesn't promote going green.

At $20,000,000 a week @ 10%, that's $2,000,000 for the Pickens Plan for operations. Would certainly be enough for expanding the mission. That's over a Billion for the year! Maybe take that money and invest in a windmill anufacturing company that is owned by the workers. Spread the prosperity and have it Made in USA by the owners/workers. see entire plan at: http://nationalenergylottery.blogspot.com/
Also an inventor who has developed a prototye called Road Power. Will convert downhill vehicle traffic 24/7/365 to electricity alongside the highways of America. No Sun, Wind, Water, Land required. One unit will power approximately 3 homes per year. Looking for Angel Investors to take to next level. Would be a great asset to the Pickens Plan to get us off foreign oil even faster. Thank you, Gary

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Comment by speedycat on October 23, 2008 at 8:04pm

I have said this before in the forum, but I think we might be smartest to try to contact people who have already started and maintained operational wind farms. They have the knowledge and experience that the rest of us do not.

If we ask them what it we can do to help them expand their operations it must be better than a bunch of novices starting from nothing.

Comment please!

Comment by Mike Anthony Fernald Sr. on October 23, 2008 at 10:51am

Comment by jay on October 13, 2008 at 3:37pm

How T. Boone Pickens and The "Pickens Plan" Could Make You Rich By Investing in Green Stocks

T. Boone Pickens owns 40% of a company called Clean Energy Fuels Corp. ( NASDAQ:CLNE ). This is a company that provides natural gas for vehicle fleets in the U.S. and Canada. CLNE designs, builds, finances, and operates the fueling stations.

T. Boone Pickens owns 12% of Westport Innovations, Inc. ( NASDAQ:WPRT ) a leading developer of environmental technologies that enable vehicles to operate on clean-burning alternative fuels.

WRPT works with global automotive leaders such as Cummins Inc., Ford, and BMW to incorporate their technologies into leading manufacturers engines and to explore future commercial opportunities for clean vehicles.

Pickens’ new company, Mesa Water, has been buying up ground water rights in Roberts County, Texas - 200,000 acres in all. He says that over a 30-year period, he expects to make more than $1 billion on his investment of $75 million.

Many others are coming to the realization that water is too cheap. Hence, water rights are a great buy today.

As an individual investor, you can’t trade water rights very easily. But you can invest in a company that owns almost as much water as Pickens does – in actuality, the acre feet that this Company owns are more valuable than what Pickens purchased.

PICO Holdings, Inc., ( NASDAQ:PICO ) together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and development of real estate properties. It owns land and the related mineral rights and water rights in Nevada. The company is involved in water resource development business, such as developing new sources of water for water utilities, municipalities, developers, or industrial users. In addition, PICO Holdings engages in the acquisition and financing of businesses. It operates in the United States and Europe. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in La Jolla, California.

T. Boone Pickens thinks he'll earn $1 billion on his $76 million investment - or basically 13 times his money. PICO - already in this business, with substantial expertise and a portfolio of more valuable water rights - could do even better.

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Comment by hudson on August 20, 2008 at 10:35am

When we connect to the power grid (utility lines) can we get financial support from the state or federal government?

Also, in the power grid system our wind farm would be the first to go online, because it is a renewable energy. Depending on demand for energy the last power plant to go on line (coal, natural gas plant) would be the one to set the price for energy that day.

Comment by Mike Hill on July 27, 2008 at 4:52pm

Joseph -

Thanks for the group. I have read many articles where wind power systems were set up on remote farms, ranches, or even just residences built away from utility service (off-grid). In these cases, there is not much of an alternative, in other words, they have to gererate their own power by wind, solar, hydro, whatever. Most of these applications are fairly expensive to purchase and install, and require inverter or battery back-up storage.

Now, for those of us on the grid, this expense is hard to justify, and takes many years to recoup the cost if we can only partially reduce our monthly power company bill.

I like the idea of several business models:
1. Individual home or small business use
2. Small town or community
3. Co-op for multiple entities
4. Business or educational campus

But the most important: Entreprenuer model where an investment is made and the power generated can be sold back into the grid. This is not possible in most of the US at the present time. Net metering is offered in some states, but it only offsets your individual power usage. The only way wind or solar can make a significant impact on our national energy policy is to open the grid. I hope everyone understands this. At this point, only the electric utility monopolies can develop this on a for-profit basis, so any business model that we can come up with will be a business with one customer...ourselves.

Please educate me if I am wrong here. It looks like we have to pressure our politicians to create a system like those that exist in Germany and Spain, (Feed in Tariffs, or Renewable Energy Payments), otherwise, where is the individual incentive to invest?

Comment by mike fallwell on July 25, 2008 at 11:31am

Existing wind systems depend on large subsides.
A new generation of tethered systems will be more economical with larger markets and smaller credits.
Nonaxial Wind Turbines.ppt

Comment by Housedna on July 23, 2008 at 2:43pm

Hi
I have started Pickens Plan Meetup in NYC. Please join us at

http://alternativeenergy.meetup.com/240/

Our first meeting is on Wednesday July 30th, 7pm at Gallery Bar NYC
From
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Pickens Plan Meetup NY
Peer group for energy entrepreneurs to share ideas, experiences, and plans: look for best solution to energy crisis, solution could be within Pickens' Plan, Al Gore, or our own, The presentations will be done in monthly meetings

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