Lawrence: Indeed you have a good site. Gross power values are: 95 meters and Sept volume of 0.21 gives = 120 KW and with 50 additional meters = 183 KW to 510 KW for June=0.89 volume and with 50 additional meters = 776 KW.
The wiring may need improving to allow the additional power of your site at maximum conditions and head. It may be necessary to install higher power carrying cabling and higher voltage levels . Sometimes site offering to the electric company for water rights royalties may be the most economical AT 0.01 dollar royalty per KW/h average for 195 meters is about U$33000 year. U$21620 for you and U$ 11380 for the neighbor Regards Nando ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fly Boy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 6:13 PM Subject: [microhydro] I have a stream flowing through my yard, what can I do with it? > > I need advise on how to proceed or if there is enough benefit to warrant a > project. I have a mountain side property with a non-fish barring stream > running through it. The top to the bottom of the property allows for 95m of > head at 0.43 m3/s (average over year). If I involve the neighbor's property > I could add an extra 50m of head by placing the power house on their > property. In regaurds to distance to the grid, I don't know the line > voltage but I can describe the poles outside. The telephone poles along the > road have a single wire at the top that attach through a transformer to a > second wire at mid-height on the pole. It is this lower wire that the > houses are directly attached to. > > I don't know how to even begin to price such a project nor how to estimate > the value of returns from a project like this. I am situated one hour drive > out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. > > > Average flow (m3/s) > > Jan = 0.31 > Feb = 0.26 > Mar = 0.31 > Apr = 0.36 > May = 0.73 > Jun = 0.89 > Jul = 0.68 > Aug = 0.31 > Sep = 0.21 > Oct = 0.26 > Nov = 0.47 > Dec = 0.36 > > Figures are based on catchment size and extrapolated from a nearby stream > that has published flow readings. > > > Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. > > Lawrence Balisky > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
