Your Questions About Solar Energy Generator Companies
Donna asks…
Starting a small scale industry that will require electric power upto 6000w. Friends recommended solar energy?
What is a simple way to procure one. I am Ghanaian and in a very remote village. The solar power will help to promote my small venture.
admin answers:
I would recommend looking into a combination system that uses solar and wind power and possibly a back-up diesel generator. All with a battery bank for storing power during times of low production. Do you need 6000w a month or is this a daily requirement? That would be a huge difference in the size of the system you would need. If it is only 6000w a month that could be handled easily by a reasonably priced system.
Some companies will ship to overseas locations so you could possibly order the system over the internet.
Here is a listing of suppliers by country
http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/byP/solar/byB/wholesale/byGeo/byC/byC.shtml
James asks…
How do you sell electricity back to the National Grid?
It’s already been on the news that some people have used their excess energy (from solar cells, for example) to sell electricity back to their energy supplier.
Does anyone know how you’d go about setting something like that up. I mean, do you need planning permission to start with? Can you really just fire up a generator, hook it up to the Grid and expect to get paid instead of receiving a bill?
admin answers:
You must have:
•Your electricity supply with the company to which you wish to sell back electricity (in most cases).
•A renewable generator installed with annual generation greater than 500kWh (a 1.4kW domestic wind turbine could have an annual output of 2000kWh) and accredited by OFGEM to receive ROCs (Renewable Obligation Certificates) See www.ofgem.gov.uk
•Compliance from your local distribution company for connection of the renewable generator to the national grid.
•An OFGEM approved gross generation meter that measures all the output of your system,
•An export meter to register the amount of electricity you feed into the electricity network. (£75 plus VAT)
•A special inverter (called a Windy Boy) to synchronise the varying voltage from your wind turbine to the stable grid supply. This is individually programmed on-site to optimise power exported to the grid and to ensure network safety by disconnecting if the grid fails.
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