[RE-wrenches] real world example - fuel saving with battery bank

[Dan Fink]

Hello Ron;

Please contact me off list. We specialize in extremely remote
installations, and have some example data we can send you.

Our northern BC flyfishing lodge installations were originally
intended to simply offset noisy generator runtime to hours when
clients were out fishing; however they also allow nighttime lighting
(ditch the kerosene lamps that break and can burn down wall tents) and
wireless internet/ satellite phone late at night for fishing clients.

We estimate that flying in gasoline for generators by floatplane and
helicopter at these locations put the cost of gas at $25 - $30 per
gallon. So the cost savings have been real! Not without hitches of
course; an extraordinarily rainy summer last year put the burden
primarily on generators instead of solar. Which sounds like the info
you want anyway.
-- 
Dan Fink,
Executive Director;
Otherpower
Buckville Energy Consulting
Buckville Publications LLC
NABCEP / IREC accredited Continuing Education Providers
970.672.4342 (voicemail)


On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 10:17 PM, Ron Young <solareagle at solareagle.com> wrote:
> Hi Wrenches,
> I'm putting together a proposal for a national company that has a few remote installations. They are looking for options for saving generator run-time using an inverter-charger/battery combo with the existing gensets. Does anyone have any real world examples of realized fuel savings in this type of scenario? They run generators 24/7 and a lot of the dusk to dawn energy requirement is well below the daytime needs. Appreciate any ideas or examples.
>
> Ron Young