I need advise on how to proceed or if there is enough benefit to warrant a project. I have a mountain side property with a non-fish barring stream running through it. The top to the bottom of the property allows for 95m of head at 0.43 m3/s (average over year). If I involve the neighbor�s property I could add an extra 50m of head by placing the power house on their property. In regaurds to distance to the grid, I don�t know the line voltage but I can describe the poles outside. The telephone poles along the road have a single wire at the top that attach through a transformer to a second wire at mid-height on the pole. It is this lower wire that the houses are directly attached to.
I don�t know how to even begin to price such a project nor how to estimate the value of returns from a project like this. I am situated one hour drive out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Average flow (m3/s) Jan = 0.31 Feb = 0.26 Mar = 0.31 Apr = 0.36 May = 0.73 Jun = 0.89 Jul = 0.68 Aug = 0.31 Sep = 0.21 Oct = 0.26 Nov = 0.47 Dec = 0.36 Figures are based on catchment size and extrapolated from a nearby stream that has published flow readings. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Lawrence Balisky _________________________________________________________________ Take charge with a pop-up guard built on patented Microsoft� SmartScreen Technology. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN� Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Does your company feature in the microhydro business directory at http://microhydropower.net/directory ? If not, please register free of charge and be exposed to the microhydro community world wide! NOTE: The advertisements in this email are added by Yahoogroups who provides us with free email group services. The microhydro-group does not endorse products or support the advertisements in any way. More information on micro hydropower at http://microhydropower.net To unsubscribe: send empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/microhydro/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
