A little help!

Hey everyone;
As several of you already know I am in the process to trying to develope a comercial size wind to electric facility on my farmland and the surrounding area. I have sent information to several possible funding sources but am getting the feeling that my presentation is not what they are looking for. While I have business experience as a farmer/rancher I am not trained in business as the funding people obviously are.
What I am asking for is some folks with business training/experience to look at what I have been sending and provide me with some constructive criticism and possible ways to improve my presentation. This is not a backdoor attempt to raise money. I just need a little help.
Please add me as a friend so that I can send the information to you. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Al Davis, MD on February 1, 2009 at 2:26pm: A couple of people have mentioned wind turbine-induced power fluctuations on the grid. It is a potential problem that will become a significant problem as more and more wind and solar power sources come on line. Beacon Power (http://www.beaconpower.com) is a company in Massachusets (sp?) that makes kinetic energy (i.e. flywheel) power storage units designed specifically for load balancing. The business model is that they buy power at low demand (low cost) times of the day to spin up the flywheels, and then sell back the power during higher demand (high cost) periods as line draws fluctuate. They are running a pilot project in New York state now, and just started generating actual income from it in November '08. Their web site has the details. Although I'm sure there are other load-balancing ideas out there, Beacon is the only one I'm aware of which actually has units in use and production.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve at Home on February 1, 2009 at 4:36pm: Dr. Al;
You are right about fluxuations but most systems will absorb ten percent with a little tweeking and we are a long way from that now. The actual problem is that wind power tends to come at non peak times so that when it is needed most it is least available so that the load balancers might be the answer for that also. I will look into it. Thanks for the info; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ty on February 10, 2009 at 3:07pm: Steve,
My company developes wind farms. I have requested you as a friend.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lou De Frog on February 22, 2009 at 11:01am: Steve,. Problem with investors is that they expect their money back with interest on agreed terms, but the real world will throw you a curve when you least expect it.

You create something that looks as if, and then something comes along that makes your investment obsolete. You as the entrepreneur are expected to cover the banker's risk and all the costs of Government supervision.

Suppose you show us your plan and we each loan you $1. When and if your project becomes operational you can give all your friends back their contribution. No interest. No contracts. Nothing in fact that could cause anyone any trouble if we have made a mistake. If we trust you enough and have faith in your project we should be part of the team.

A little project is really all we need. If it just supplies enough power for you, you can pay us back with what you would be spending on energy.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Steve at Home on February 25, 2009 at 8:33pm: Hey guys;
Check out my comment on the venture capital section. A word to the wise to be careful of whom you trust.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by J. VanDiver on March 26, 2009 at 8:49am: Adam Fuller has a patent pending VAWT/Vertical Axis Wind Turbine. He has built several models and seeks a funding partner to go into production for use on wind farms and other applications. Adam is in Wisconsin.
http://www.greentechgazette.com/index.php/wind-energy/adam-fullers-...
you may contact Adam at- 262 620 5311; ▶ Reply to This