I love to be fit by walking and biking, I have a 2010 Jeep wrangler unlimited locker in the rear and a winch. I was a Marine in the 80's and worked as a wrecker driver and mechanic. Traveled to Okinawa Japan, Camp Pendlton California, Houston Texas. Attended Parkland college in Champaign Illinois, Inver Hill community college in Minnesota, University of Maryland, Jacksonville University, Florida. I have worked in construction building grain elevators. I worked at a ski resort at afton alps in Minnesota. I now work in Critical Care Nursing at Carle in Urbana Il. I played college football in Minnesota. Dabble on the computer, run 1/2 and full marathons. wife's interest: Solar and wind energy, plants, Bees, health and longevity . We have a Chevy volt. . Rena went to U of I and Parkland simultaneously for Nursing/ education. Worked in blood banking 34 years and is doing insurance exams on people at there homes.
Hi, I'm with Southwest Windpower, maker of the Skystream wind turbine. We like your photos, and wonder if you can tell us where your home is located. Would you let us have permission to post some of the photos on our website, www.skystreamenergy.com? You can reach me at michaelf (at) windenergy (dot) com or call 928-226-6262.
Hi. My wife and I are considering putting one of these up at our property in Utah where the wind blows like crazy.
Can I ask you a couple of questions?
How much did the turbine cost? How much to install? Did you get any rebates or tax breaks in the process?
How do you determine whether the spot you want to put it is a good one?
Our electric bill in Utah is pretty cheap ($30.00 a month or so - we have propane heat which we pay separately). If you generate more power than you use, does your electic company pay you?
I'd be grateful for any answers you can provide. I know I can ask Skystream, but I trust your experience and I think I'd be less likely to get a salespitch.
Enjoyed your blog site. I know the satisfaction of installing and seeing your own RE system work. Would like to exchange details as we live in a remote area of Alaska and live totally from RE. rdreeszen@starband.net
I also live in Illinois and would like to know what Federal or State (IL) rebates you were able to take advantage of. Paul Ringstrom paul(at)ringstrom(dot)us
We have a ranch near Cache Creek, British Columbia. We are not on the grid and already use solar power. However, because the low lying winter sun is blocked by two hills we only have a couple of hours of sunlight in winter. We did wind tests and until now it has not been econokmic to use wind power. What is the cost and how much wind is needed for this system?
Did you guys have any issue with zoning (if you are in town)? I keep meaning to get a quote to have on installed, and make sure I can get it done within zoning regs.
Nice PV array too! You two are definitely doing what the rest of us should.
In Maine small generators are allowed to reverse our meters up to the amount that we consume. Any power in excess earns no income for the producer. In Germany this power earns about $.55 per KwH.
See Paul Gipe's site for more details at:http://www.wind-works.org/articles/feed_laws.html#Renewable%20Tariffs%20Overview
Brett and Vicky, We got our wind turbine on line for 4,500 through Mrsolar.com. You can shop around to see if you can get a better deal. Dealers obviously want you to go through them to purchase the turbine and many do their own installations as a package deal. We did our own install so I'm not sure what the cost of installation would be separately. If you buy online you may not get help with problems down the road. Here in Illinois we missed out on the rebate. The state requires you to have 1 acre of land and the wind turbine must be mounted at least 65 ft high. We do get a tax credit for our solar, (30% up to $10,000. You'll have to check your state's rebate program. If you go to: http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/will-skystream-work/local-resources.aspx, this will show you the rebates in your state. I don't want to give you a pitch, but the Skystream website provides a site plan which is consitent with other sources that we consulted. http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/resource-center/installation.aspx#sitingInfo We chose the skystream since the inverter is in the head of the turbine so you don't have to buy a seperate inverter. The wind turbine has a more contemporary look for residential areas. The skystream is relatively quiet. We don't have true net metering yet but it is coming this April. Now, our excess goes to the utility company and we get a credit at a discounted rate.
Paul, if you go to the skystream website they have a lot of information. The rebate information is at: http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/will-skystream-work/local-resources.aspx.
Krafty, Our tower is 50 foot tall and with the foundation and the turbine the top of the blade is at 55 ft. We are on the grid. The skystream doesn't work with a battery system. Our solar system, the way that we installed it with a Sunny Boy inverter doesn't eiter.
Kevin, It's a good idea to get a wind analysis, we didn't, but we have been here for 10 years and know that we have pretty high winds in the winter and spring. The winds come mostly from the west, northwest, and southwest. We have a clear site to capture wind from these directions.
Harold Steves, Our system cost us about 13000 but we didn't get any rebate either. We went with at 50 foot mono pole which cost us around 5,000 plus another 1,000 for the gin pole and hinge plate. The foundation of 7x7 foot by 4 foot deep cost around 1,000 also. You can save if you go with a guided tour. We did save on our installation, since we did everything ourselves
Our zoning regulations were for a township, we were not in the city. we could only go ot 100 feet from ground level to tip of the upper most blade. We also had set backs of 5 feet from the property line.
Solar energy is the best natural resource that we have this time even more that fuel is too expensive. In fact i want to approach costa rica investment opportunities and look all the alternative this country can have because it climate. We must to find the way to save our planet and to use solar energy could be the first step.
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Hi, I'm with Southwest Windpower, maker of the Skystream wind turbine. We like your photos, and wonder if you can tell us where your home is located. Would you let us have permission to post some of the photos on our website, www.skystreamenergy.com? You can reach me at michaelf (at) windenergy (dot) com or call 928-226-6262.
Michael French
Southwest Windpower
Hi. My wife and I are considering putting one of these up at our property in Utah where the wind blows like crazy.
Can I ask you a couple of questions?
How much did the turbine cost? How much to install? Did you get any rebates or tax breaks in the process?
How do you determine whether the spot you want to put it is a good one?
Our electric bill in Utah is pretty cheap ($30.00 a month or so - we have propane heat which we pay separately). If you generate more power than you use, does your electic company pay you?
I'd be grateful for any answers you can provide. I know I can ask Skystream, but I trust your experience and I think I'd be less likely to get a salespitch.
Many thanks,
Brett & Vicky Chamberlain
Enjoyed your blog site. I know the satisfaction of installing and seeing your own RE system work. Would like to exchange details as we live in a remote area of Alaska and live totally from RE. rdreeszen@starband.net
you have the system I want for our home. (hybrid solar/wind). I'm tring to get a wind analysis at my home.
I also live in Illinois and would like to know what Federal or State (IL) rebates you were able to take advantage of.
Paul Ringstrom
paul(at)ringstrom(dot)us
How high is your tower? Are you connecting it to the grid?
Hi,
We have a ranch near Cache Creek, British Columbia. We are not on the grid and already use solar power. However, because the low lying winter sun is blocked by two hills we only have a couple of hours of sunlight in winter. We did wind tests and until now it has not been econokmic to use wind power. What is the cost and how much wind is needed for this system?
rock on!
I so want one of those windmills!
Did you guys have any issue with zoning (if you are in town)? I keep meaning to get a quote to have on installed, and make sure I can get it done within zoning regs.
Nice PV array too! You two are definitely doing what the rest of us should.
In Maine small generators are allowed to reverse our meters up to the amount that we consume. Any power in excess earns no income for the producer. In Germany this power earns about $.55 per KwH.
See Paul Gipe's site for more details at:http://www.wind-works.org/articles/feed_laws.html#Renewable%20Tariffs%20Overview
Brett and Vicky, We got our wind turbine on line for 4,500 through Mrsolar.com. You can shop around to see if you can get a better deal. Dealers obviously want you to go through them to purchase the turbine and many do their own installations as a package deal. We did our own install so I'm not sure what the cost of installation would be separately. If you buy online you may not get help with problems down the road.
Here in Illinois we missed out on the rebate. The state requires you to have 1 acre of land and the wind turbine must be mounted at least 65 ft high. We do get a tax credit for our solar, (30% up to $10,000. You'll have to check your state's rebate program.
If you go to: http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/will-skystream-work/local-resources.aspx, this will show you the rebates in your state.
I don't want to give you a pitch, but the Skystream website provides a site plan which is consitent with other sources that we consulted. http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/resource-center/installation.aspx#sitingInfo
We chose the skystream since the inverter is in the head of the turbine so you don't have to buy a seperate inverter. The wind turbine has a more contemporary look for residential areas. The skystream is relatively quiet.
We don't have true net metering yet but it is coming this April. Now, our excess goes to the utility company and we get a credit at a discounted rate.
Paul, if you go to the skystream website they have a lot of information. The rebate information is at: http://www.skystreamenergy.com/skystream/will-skystream-work/local-resources.aspx.
Krafty,
Our tower is 50 foot tall and with the foundation and the turbine the top of the blade is at 55 ft. We are on the grid. The skystream doesn't work with a battery system. Our solar system, the way that we installed it with a Sunny Boy inverter doesn't eiter.
Drew
Kevin,
It's a good idea to get a wind analysis, we didn't, but we have been here for 10 years and know that we have pretty high winds in the winter and spring. The winds come mostly from the west, northwest, and southwest. We have a clear site to capture wind from these directions.
Harold Steves,
Our system cost us about 13000 but we didn't get any rebate either. We went with at 50 foot mono pole which cost us around 5,000 plus another 1,000 for the gin pole and hinge plate. The foundation of 7x7 foot by 4 foot deep cost around 1,000 also. You can save if you go with a guided tour. We did save on our installation, since we did everything ourselves
Mike,
Our zoning regulations were for a township, we were not in the city. we could only go ot 100 feet from ground level to tip of the upper most blade. We also had set backs of 5 feet from the property line.
Sorry about my spelling, when I said, guided tour I meant to say, guyed tower.
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