>From what I heard/read. The problem with selling the surplus to the power companies is they don't like and will change you for it.
I heard/read something in the range of $400 for the meter + what ever they buy off you (at a very heavy discounted price) I bit still really when they will be saving heaps if everyone put solar cells on there roof with slow charge batteries... To do a normal house with solar cells etc is in the range of $20,000 - $40,000, but once that's done.. No need to run down the power manager and top up the power card :))) Then we will see how the power companies go... Johnno ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: Re: Starsight, a virtual utility > 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! > > > > >
