Business Model: Wind Farm

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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.

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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 Jon M Stresing on August 17, 2008 at 2:28pm

I am an accountant graduating in December. I am quite familiar with business however don't have too much money saved up. If someone will help finance me as an angel investor, I will open up an alternative energy store in my city and sell wind and solar to the 10's of thousands of farmers in the 100 miles around me. There is no source for alternative energy around me. I am putting together a business plan now and any help anyone could give me would be appreciated and will eventually help the country once I implement this. It could be very profitable and also help the USA and planet. Please help.

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

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