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Re: Urban wind power
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by richhagen (
richhagen (a t) Juno.com
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In order to install one legally here (Chicago), one could not just plug it in. In order to connect it to the grid, it would have to be UL approved, installed on a dedicated circuit after inspection and approval of an acceptable plan to the local utilities engineers or technicians. Then it would have to be installed by a licensed electrician. I'm not sure of other zoning restrictions, but there are maximum height restrictions written into the zoning here as well which have been applied to antennas and such. In Illinois there were substantial tax savings, which may be still in effect, but the total size for wind power to take advantage of these was 10000 Watts. (It was 2000 Watts for solar) I looked into this, but the costs by the time you got it installed, meant to me, that unless you were putting in a huge system, it would never pay for itself in its likely useful life, and that was providing you could make it over all of the hurdles. Rich Hagen
'A Joule saved is a Joule made'
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