Double H Windpower

                   GOOD NEWS FOR 2012

The stage is set, small wind could come to San Diego County in 2012. New rules and definitions that will allow construction could be voted into law as early as March 2012. 

The proposed ordinance will allow 3 turbines. The issue of certification, which has been a major sticking point, is provided for in clear language.

The CEC is also back in business and is offering a rebate of $3.00/watt (e.g. a 1 Kw turbine will have a rebate of $3,000.) This rebate is scheduled for reduction starting in May of 2012 and will become smaller in the same manner as the rebate for Solar power. The CEC List of Eligible Turbines can be found here - http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/cgi-bin/eligible_smallwind.cgi 

There is also a federal income tax credit. The rebate and tax credit amount to about half the total installed price. Half price? That’s right.

 The first order of business is to estimate your wind resource. This wind-map link will give some idea:

http://www.energy.ca.gov/maps/renewable/wind.html

There are new products on the horizon but until the CEC lists a turbine as eligible they will remain on the shelf. That rebate is too large to ignore.   

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