Selling Excess Power

robertc65

Thanks MD I'll check it out.

robertc65

I would love to but being in the woods I get very little wind.

Rob

mickeyco

I've got to think oak trees would be worth more as hardwood lumber than burning it to get electricity.

mickeyco

The wind turbines I have seen are HUGE, I would guess they make smaller ones, but that is good "clean" electricity. I know a wind farm project out east was recenetly stopped because the residents didn't want them.

reveivl

Burning wood to make electricity makes sense if you are already manufacturing something out of the primary and burning the waste to offset the costs of, for instance, running a kiln to dry the wood and increase it's value. To actually set yourself up as a woodlot to simply create electricity I can't imagine is a viable venture. It's kind of like growing a food crop because if you take that food crop and compost it, you can sell the compost. Why not sell the food and compost the waste?

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robertc65

Maybe. A few years ago I sold one of the downed oak trees for $750 cash and carry.

mickeyco

You can buy a whole lot of electricity from the POCO for $750, I have no idea how much you could gain burning it, but I be suprised if it was that much.

robertc65

I hear you and mostly agree with what you are saying. My question about selling power back to the POCO was really just curiosity. I do want to eventually generate electicity however my short term plan is to install a dual fuel boiler like this http://www.woodboilers.com/multi-fuel-furnace.asp which can burn both wood and propane. I will then store the water in an insulated hot water tank. This link explains the process. http://www.woodboilers.com/heat-storage-tank.asp. Yes this will cost money up front, but last winter from October thru March I spend just under 3K on propane alone heating my house. My current furnace is in need of replacement and with electric rates going up 50% here in Maryland this year my electric hot water heater is going to become a bigger expense. With a boiler like the Tarm I should be able to put a big dent in my heating and hot water expense just by feeding the branches and such that fall off of the trees. Right now this wood just goes to waste. I have two fireplaces and can't even come close to burning even a fraction of it. I have to deal with this wood anyway. branches fall in the yard and across my trails. I have to get rid of it somehow so why not burn it.