Re: Wind Power

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone know how to apply for the grant?

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From: "Benfield" <yahoo@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Wind Power


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>>Personally, I'd rather pay a bit more and get one from
>>www.provenenergy.com
> (not that I have the money to buy one anyway). They have a 2.5kW
turbine
> sited on top of a school in Japan which survived 135mph winds in a
typhoon
> (whilst remaining operational)...
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> The Proven is a very good unit, however you are going to be paying
around
> £7K to get it installed, and then get £2.5K back from the government
as a
> Grant. The Windsave unit (try www.windsave.com) costs £1K plus vat and
you
> get £1K from the government as a grant. As this is a renewable energy
> source
> it's only rated at 5% VAT, so as the Americans say, do the math. The
total
> cost for the system is £50 plus installation. That sound cheap to me!
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> Windsave are also getting tie-in to various large companies (Scottish
> Power
> being one), so the backup should be there as well.
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> JB
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