I am from N.Ireland and was concidering putting up a wind turbine on our small dairy farm, our electric bill is about £2000/year...anyone on this forum from N. Ireland and has installed a turbine I would like to hear from you to find out the in's and outs of it
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noel maguire - 2008-06-29 15:31:45 |
| Re: new turbine | CL - 2008-06-30 16:12:39 |
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Hi There,
I'm in N. Ireland, I'm getting a Proven 6kw installed on Wednesday, let me know what inforamtion you are after
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| Re: new turbine | noel maguire - 2008-06-30 20:24:02 |
| --thanks for repleying...did it take much research for it to know it your site was suitable, I got a weather station with a wind metre and going to put it up for few months ..cost ??...where in N.I are u from ?..thanks for repleying | |
| Re: new turbine | CL - 2008-07-01 10:40:07 |
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Mine is costing £20k with an 8k grant so cost to me is £12,000,
I just looked at the average windspeed in the area and from this I reckon I can get about 8000 - 10000kw per year hopefully, I put up a windspeed monitor a couple of months ago and really would have wanted to leave it up for a year but my grant was running out at the end of July so I had to just get on with the install.
My site is just outside Lurgan |
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| Re: new turbine | noel maguire - 2008-07-02 00:21:53 |
| is it a 6kw proven ?.is it for Geothermal heating system ?...I am just in the 'thinking about it stages'...who is the installer ? or is there a few installers in N.Ireland ?..where did you go to see about the grant ? did you need planning for it ? Ta | |
| Re: new turbine | CL - 2008-08-11 14:33:35 |
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The grant scheme ended in March, not sure if there is a replacement or not, It is indeed a 6kw proven and I will alos be installing a Ground source heat pump, If you want to give me your e-mail address I can provide you with the installer information.
I had to get planning permission for it since it is on a 15m tower,
If you want to come and take a look at it give me a shout |
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| Re: new turbine | Ted Marynicz - 2008-08-11 14:46:29 |
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Be careful with the combination of grid-tied wind turbine and ground source heat pump.
The initial load taken by the compressor of a GSHP can cause sufficient fluctuation in the grid voltage for the inverter to see it as a disconnection, which can cause the inverter to reset itself. If this happens when the turbine is generating then you will loose the output. Be sure you have over-voltage protection on the DC input to the inverter to allow for this. You can get soft-start devices for the GSHP that will help with the problem too. ted |
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| Re: new turbine | noel maguire - 2008-08-11 14:55:57 |
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thanks for your advice -- leon5591 |
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| Re: new turbine | noel maguire - 2008-08-11 14:54:47 |
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thanks very much my email is leon5591@hotmail.co.uk -- leon5591 |
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