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Late in May we also helped replace a 1980 Enertech wind machine at the Hoctor Ranch with a new Skystream 3.7. The old Enertech had some problems over the years. When asked why she stuck with it the owner said, "What would we be driving now if nobody ever gave old Henry Ford a chance?"
The first Skystream in the county is set to go in just bellow the Stonehenge
WWI memorial, and the second on Luna Butte. Many more to follow.
www.skystreamenergy.com
This fall
we had another solar installation workshop through the WSU learning center
and installed a sweet off grid system for a ranch on top of High Prairie:
15KW Onan propane generator; 7KW, 240V
Outback Power System; 750AH Rolls/Surrette batteries; 1.5KW of Mitsubishi
solar on a Wattsun, active tracker!
Selected load is fed through the AC distribution center of the PS2 and switches automatically to battery/solar power in the event of a power outage.
Because the Outback is made in Washington State it qualifies the owner of the system for an extra 3 cents per KWH performance credit - totaling 18 cents per KWH credit. We are very pleased that the Washington performance based credit has been approved by KPUD and is on schedule to be implemented by the DOR.
