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<div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Geoff, I'd like to know a little more about your project, I may have a solution on the turbine side that we've used you could sell them and couple it with the solar......<br><br>Contact me off-list<br><br>Max Balchowsky<br>SEE Systems<br>760-403-6810<br></div><div style="font-family: bookman old style,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Geoff Greenfield <geoff@third-sun.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> RE-wrenches <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:35:28 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [RE-wrenches] grid tie sync with big stiff
genny?<br></font><br><style type="text/css">p {margin:0;}</style><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><p>Undoubtably many of us are getting interesting project requests as folks want to sprinkle magic stimulus dust on things to make solar panels grow...</p>
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<p>We have a project with a huge electrical load, pumping water for a medium sized city. They want solar... great. Easy.</p>
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<p>They had a power outage and kept running with 2.6 MW of diesel generators. They are interested in solar's ability to do "backup". I don't think that many batteries will fit in my pickup truck, and I hate working with 300/0 wire.</p>
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<p>QUESTION: (and maybe its an easy one and the SMA guys will say, sure, we did that in Greece). Is it viable to set up a micro-grid in this scenario and run an island-mode, with available solar reducing the genny plant demand? Should I just say "forget it" or, at this MW scale, would the switchgear and effort be practical?</p>
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<p>Thanks.<br><br>For a brighter energy future,<br><br>Geoff Greenfield<br>President<br>Third Sun Solar & Wind Power Ltd.<br>340 West State Street, Unit 25<br>Athens, OH 45701<br><br>740.597.3111 Fax 740.597.1548<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.Third-Sun.com">www.Third-Sun.com</a><br><br>Clean Energy - Expertly Installed<br><br><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>