Distributed Wind Technology
Key Components
The key compoments of distributed wind technology are modern distributed wind turbines, your property, interconnection and net metering and the local power grid.
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Modern Distributed Wind turbines
- Modern Distributed Wind Turbines are designed to produce power that is ready to flow directly back on to the grid through your local power service using standard electrical connections.
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Your Property
- Business operators, residential land owners, farmers and institutional land holders can leverage property ownership to produce power locally with a distributed wind turbine.
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Interconnection
- Interconnection standards are administered and enforced by electrical utilities and cooperatives and are designed to ensure that equipment such as distributed wind turbines can connect safely to the electrical grid.
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Net Metering and your local power grid
- A net meter is a utility installed meter that measures the electricity your home or business consumes and
- The electricity your wind turbine produces
- mandated across most of North America
- Electricity produced by turbine flows through your net meter back on the electrical grid
- You receive credit on your bill against your electricity consumption
- Some utilities and cooperatives offer Net Billing which is an arrangement whereby the Utility pays you a per/kWh fee for any electricity you produce over and above your consumption
