$1,720
100%
or more of electricity
$25,000
6.9%
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$1,720
100%
or more of electricity
$25,000
6.9%
Property
- Type:
- Single-Family Residence
- Address:
- Ellenburg Depot, NY 12935
- Size:
- 1,950 sq ft
- Energy need met:
- 100% or more of electricity
Technology
- Type:
- Small Wind
- Installed:
- January 2008
- Size of System:
- 10 kW
- Monitor performance:
- http://www.ualberta.ca/~mtyree/SWIEP
- Purposes:
- To generate electricity
Financial Details
- Gross Cost of System:
- $50,000
- Value of Rebates:
- $25,000
- Net Cost of System:
- $25,000
- Annual Savings:
- $1,720
What You Need to Know
Maintenance Requirements:
Service once every 3 years by the installer, Sustainable Energy Development
My Motivation:
Desire to have cost-effective net zero energy home that will save $165,000 in energy costs over 20 years. The small wind turbine is one of three components. The other two are a 10 kW PV system and open loop geothermal heat pump system which combined generate 19,000+ kWh per year which is enough for heating, AC, hot water, all electrical systems PLUS 18,000 miles per year driving of my electric car.
Advice:
In order to improve the efficience of my small turbine I had to replace the factory supplied inverter (GridTek 10) with two Aurora inverters. The GridTek10 still works and is in place as a backup. Bergy Wind Power now has a much better turbine inverter and inverter, PowerSync II, so future customers will not need to make the changes I made.
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