Your Questions About Wind Generators Cost

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Its difficult to give a complete answer here.
Firstly we have to say that however you build your project it will be extremely difficult to make it green.
The reason is that the amount of Carbon you release will be enormous compared to the amount released by a commercial power station producing the same amount of electricity.
So from a commercial point of view have you looked at the price you will get from the buyer??
I assume you are in the uk.
If you look into selling to “the grid” you might find that the price will be very low indeed.
The amount you could get would depend on when you generated, ie were you only on at peak times,
If you produce electricity only now and again which is the most likely case I expect the amount you would get paid would not cover the cost of the diesel to power your loader and the man’s wages.
First check what you could get paid for the power you produce and when it is produced.

(it would most likely be very very little) It is not legitimate to look at what you are charged for electricity.

So your best plan I believe is to generate enough electricity for yourself and forget about export.

The problem with this normally is that you have to have your power station going 24/7.
Thats a lot of work.
What you could do is build a mini hydro scheme.
This is done very little but is very green.
The draw back is that you need two enomous ponds of water separated in height by about 10 feet (min).
You have a water wheel which runs 24/7 producing your electricity.
This is powered by water running from your top pond to the bottom one.

Now once per day you need to pump up the water from the bottom pond to the top. You can do this with very simple steam lift system.
Anyone with basic engineering skills could build this system.
If you could make your ponds big enough you can run your wood/steam powered lift system less often.

BTW solar is the best way to heat your pool. Very inexpensive effective systems now available. DIY systems cannot compete here.

Solar or wind could also be used to pump water to the top pool. This method means you dispense with batteries which are only 70% efficient and not Green. They are expensive and need to be replaced every 5 years making small projects using batteries. .
Micro-Hydro is the way to go. You will not find much on the web. You are welcome to mail me if you want to know more.

I know you will be disappointed in not being able to sell your power but the cost of the equipment compared to the payback time would make it a bad plan.
(like I say it would also be very un eco freindly)

Good luck with whatever you try.

admin answers:

As of 2007, the cost of solar power was 38 cents per kwh while the costs of coal power was 0.6 cents per kwh. It isn’t a matter of what one man could afford but what if everyone’s power bill went up to 63 times what they are now.