[Gasification] Correction to Community small scale gasification systems.

[Kevin Chisholm]

Dear Paul

Very interesting project!!

Some of the questions you may wish to address in your planning and 
analysis would be as follows:


What is the approximate area of land covered by your Community?

What kinds and quantities of various biomass sources are available in 
the area?

What would the various biomass materials cost, delivered to a possible 
"central" location?

Do you already have a wind study showing that winds are sufficient to 
justify the possible 500 KW wind turbine?

What are the present energy consumption patterns in teh Community?
(How much heat, how much electricity, demand pattern for both, cost for 
both.)

Can you distribute the power you generate through the existing 
distribution system to your "Group Members", or must you sell it to teh 
Utility, and buy it back from them at their regular price?

Answers to the above questions should give you a better perspective on 
what your best options would be.

Best wishes,

Kevin

Paul Stubbs wrote:
> I am running this again as the info in the original may be misleading as to
> the scale of what we have in mind. It should read 500 KW not 500 mw as
> originally put.  
> 
> I am a member of a rural village group (Somerset UK) looking into Community
> owned power generation schemes (a 500KW wind turbine is one possibility) 
> 
> The project is at a very early stage and it may make more sense to look at
> alternative means eg combining resources with a local farm and utilise
> agricultural wastes for power generation. CHP would be good too. 
>  
> Is there anyone out there who has experience, good or bad, of setting up a
> project such as this.
> 
> Regards Paul Stubbs