Dear Giovanni: I absolutely love the idea of decentralized, community supported power. IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE THE POWER BACK (AND SUSTAINABLY TOO)!
However, Vertical Axis Wind Turbines are definitely not the way to go. The company I am presently working for is conducting significant research on a particular type of VAWT (a Savonious rotor to be exact) for a major company and the data coming from it is laughable... it's got a 40 to 70 year payback period for instance. There's a lot of wind technology that's very nice (if sited in the right location) that will be able to take some communities off-line from the coal power plants, but I don't think VAWTs will do it. But, hey, I'm willing to listen if you have better data. Is this a Cornell University program or a private company or a collaboration between the two? Anyway, I hope I don't take the wind out of your sail, Ryan D. Hottle On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Giovanni Freesia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear > > Thank you for responding so enthusiastically and for being so receptive to > the initiative proposal. > > The objective is a sustainable Tompkins County with a no fuel electric > power generation as a cooperative initiative. To create a decentralized > cooperative initiative homeowner based as" NEW YORK SUSTANABLE TOMPKINS > ENERGY PULSE"(NYSTEP) > > > > Tools ; We will be using an hybrid system of vertical axis wind turbines > (VAWT) and solar tracking PV panels in unison whenever possible on the > pole supports themselves (of the VAWTs) > > Participants ; Property owners/ home owners/ landlords/business owners/ > city-county public sites > > Implementation ; Participants will allow us to install wind and solar > measuring devices at their locations. We will monitor these devices at > each site for a period of 3 months. Using the data collecting during this > research and development initiative, we will install wind and solar > equipment to optimize each site's energy production. > In order to have an impact on energy-demand reduction and on the return on > investments, we will need a thousand points of reference (one thousand > participants and one thousand units). > > Benefits; At the heart of this project is the opportunity for individuals > to be self-sustainable, as well as part of a cooperative > energy-independence initiative. Tompkins County will make substantial > progress towards energy independence, sustainability, and reducing its > carbon footprint, while incurring no fuel or maintenance costs. > Particular to this project is the availability of power to the individual > site during grid outages. In addition, power will continue to be generated > regardless of occupancy status. Participants will not only achieve > independence from a centralized energy source, such as NYSEG, but will be > able to sell power back to it (net metering). > > Financial Guarantees ; During the initial 3 month study, there will be the > potential for the value of energy reduction in the form of tradable > futures. The immediate carbon imprint reductions from its implementation > and the reduced costs of fuels due to lower consumption will generate > carbon credits and renewable energy certificates and Tradable Renewable > Energy Credits values. Further, the savings incurred by the participants > in their monthly energy bill are another guarantee on the investment. > Through NYSERDA, New York State will be participating by offering the > participants/county low interest rate loans, as well as contributing > towards the final costs of the project. We also intend to ask the county > for a bond guarantee for the initiative. > Additionally it important to realize that the units will appreciate ever > more with > time and raise equity values to the property location. > > To be continued with an analysis of projected standardized data with > quantitative factors. > > Feel free to call or email to further this discussion, or for > clarificatons, > Sincerely, > Giovanni C. Freesia > > (607) 277-3693 (H) > (607) 351-9015 (C) > (607) 254-2622 (W) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > > -- Ryan Darrell Hottle The Renaissance Group Program Manager www.ConserveFirst.com Global Climate Solutions www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org (coming soon!) Ohio Peak Oil Action (OPOA) Co-Founder, Director www.ohiopeakoilaction.org 30 N. Rose Blvd. Akron, OH 44022 (740) 258 8450 _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
