Posted by Dan in Houston on March 02, 2008 at 11:42:57 from (38.100.70.66):
In Reply to: OT wind generators posted by farmer101IL on March 01, 2008 at 19:21:16:
I know nothing about selling back power from a wind generator, but many refineries are "co-generators". Refineries use a lot of steam in the refining process, and they use the steam to generate electricity. When the laws changed that allowed them to sell their excess electricity to the power company, all they got was the "avoided fuel cost" - so if the power company charges X for a kwh, and the fuel portion of that is 1/2 X, then 1/2 X was all they paid for the electricity they bought. I have no idea what the deal is today, but wouldn't be surprised if it's not something still close to this.
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