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 <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
