1000 watts over what time frame? if its 1kwh/ hour, that's 24kwh/day, or 720 kwh/month. that's enough for some homes.
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Rekow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] ENERGIES... week of 3/18/01 > > Separately, Capstone announced that it will be delivering 141 of the > >versatile 30 kilowatt MicroTurbines - a $4 million sale - to a > >partnership of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and > >other agencies in Southern California. To be installed as distributed > >generation capacity to relieve strain on the area grid, the turbines > >will supply 4 megawatts of power - enough for 4000 homes. Visit Capstone > >at http://www.microturbine.com/ . > > Hmmmm... 4 megawatts for 4000 homes... that's only 1000 watts per > home. 141 turbines yielding 30,000 watts each = 4.23 MW total, OK. > However, about 1000 watts/home seems much too small to be correct. > -- > ...Warren Rekow > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Make good on the promise you made at graduation to keep in touch. Classmates.com has over 14 million registered high school alumni--chances are you'll find your friends! http://us.click.yahoo.com/03IJGA/DMUCAA/4ihDAA/FZTVlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
