Yes the thing i saw on TV was (IIRC) about someone doing just that. When he had excess someone was paying him for it, when he drew power he paid for it.
Of course the power company will want to make sure your power is clean - they don't want even a slightly off frequency on the AC and they don't want a spike whenever you plug in your shaver. I imagine they might want to charge for inspecting your equpment, or even more likely will want you to have it certified by some professional (who they made redundant from salaried employment a few years ago). But I am puzzled about how we started this thread. Surely there is nothing new or unique about a solar powered wifi hot spot? I have been seeing home brew setups like that on the net for years. I have a feeling I could go to DSE and come out with a solar panel, an SLA battery and a few components and run up something (with a few pointers off the web, this group and the robotics group) I feel though that solar power technology has a long way to go before you'll be powering up a wifi hotspot, a street light AND feeding back into the matrix with a panel that size. On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 14:57:24 +1200 Carl Cerecke wrote: > Just spoke to Orion. > Sending excess power back through the grid is possible and is being > done by some people. I don't think they are as negative as you make > them out to be (disclaimer - my wife works part-time for Orion. They > seem like nice enough people). The thing is, Orion own the network. > Not the generation or distribution. You generating power for them is > quite OK with them. They'll even pay you for the power you feed back. > > On 07/07/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Do you really think, though, that enough power would be gained on a > > > cloudy winters day in christchurch to power a streetlight + extra > > > gadgets all night long? I couldn't find any useful numbers on the > > > site. > > > > > > It's not so much cloudy days what about adding power to the national grid on > > normal days (read normal being a day where these units can grenerate power). > > > > if alot of people did what one did (stuck solar units on his roof and became > > 100% self suffiencent with some surplus). > > > > How would this affect vevsted inerests? > > > > How much more power would/could be added to the national power grid > > and remember just 'cause chch has a cloudy day doesn't mean elsewhere is > > cloudly. > > > > the problem is what is the charge rate (inwards and outwards) to be for the > > excess (if there is) and is it offset against times/days when you use rather > > than give power from the power companies. > > > > there is a big problem in that power utilities have a vested interest in > > stopping or at least reducing the methods effectiveness (read stock share > > price). > > > > Get a price on becoming overly self suffenient in power usage and then talk > > to > > orion or who ever they'll not be interested in any scheme you might suggest. > > > > some person in NZ had done exactly this spent thousards on it and wanted to > > sell his surplus to the lines or reseller via a duel flow meter. > > My memory is that they weren't interested an any method of brokering a deal > > and so he is at least less reliant on the national/local grid than most of > > us > > are. > > > > > > > > On 06/07/06, Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Yes. Fantastic technology. > > >> > > >> Wesley Parish wrote: > > >> > I came across this today, reading Worldchanging: > > >> > WC Retro: Starsight | WorldChanging Team > > >> > http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004644.html#more > > >> > > > >> > http://www.starsightproject.com/en/africa/index.php > > >> > and I thought, what a useful thing to have around town! > > > > > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
