Lots of "REA's" own & operate their own power plants. For example our local
provider:
<http://www.prpa.com/>
Ron
--On Thursday, January 08, 2009 9:52 AM -0600 OrionWorks
<svj.orionwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
Could we get a clarification on a particular matter:
From Mike Carrell:
... BLP would like to have water-fueld power units on line in a
commercial setting in the near future.
and
... These cooperatives are
entrepreneural and make thier own rules to a large extent.
They buy power from established utilities and distribute it to
members of the cooperative. A first-generation BLP power unit
of any significant capacity can be hooked into the local
system at low risk and a decrease in the outside power bought.
I infer from Mike's comment that these obscure rural cooperatives will
attempt to construct their own modest power generating prototype,
presumably for analysis and POC, initially. Do these rural
cooperatives possess sufficient experience in building their own power
generators? The reason I ask this is due to the fact that Mike also
states these cooperatives "...buy power from established utilities and
distribute it to members of the cooperative." That suggests to me that
these companies are more in the business of purchasing & packaging
power generated from other companies as compared to generating their
own power. Did I misunderstand the capabilities of these rural
cooperatives?
Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
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