Alex,
This depends on what your local electricity distribution association can pay you and also what legislation that might exist in Canada for this. Often on the country side, you might have a local electricity distribution association, who buy and distribute from the central grid. They can also sell to the central grid, if they have local energy producers. You really need to talk to them about it and they can probably give you the answers. It is worth pursuing, but it would be sheer luck if you found someone close to you with experience and answers on your local conditions on this list. The organization and rules differ between countries and even within countries. My guess is that it is feasible and that your local distribution association have the answers. You might find that your electricity supply only can be contracted for peak demand and that you need 3 to 4 generators for this, but the price will be higher. Why do you only have to heat up the pond, don't you have heating needs for your farm and surroundings also? Hakan At 21:02 19/11/2003, you wrote: >I'm in Ontario! >There is lots of talk about grid problems in NA. >We have lots of Canola fields here in Ontario. If every farmer will put >a generator in his field and >start generating electricity...sorry to say, but it can put nuclear >folks out of business. >Alex > > >Martin Klingensmith wrote: > > >It's a decent concept, but your 100kw generators are going to be > >inefficient and waste a lot of your energy. Not to mention they probably > >aren't designed to run for long periods of time continuously at high > >power output. > >Also, you're essentially taking solar power, converting it to chemical > >energy, converting it to mechanical energy, then converting it to > >electrical energy. I would expect efficiencies in the 1% range. > >Maybe you could use this to fund a PV, wind, or solar boiler array? More > >expensive, but much better for the environment. > > > >ps. You can sell as much power as you want as long as you are a legal > >generator, but net metering is limited depending on what state you live in. > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
