wind and solar farms

[Devonian]

(1 August 2015, 19:27)Sunna Wrote: as I drive around the uk im seeing more and more solar and wind farms
wind mainly in the north
sun mainly in the south

do you have any plans to use this energy if the shtf , would you know how to , if you do please explain.

I've been involved in a few of the 'commercial' wind and solar projects and if anyone thinks they can just tap into them, it won't be that simple. As with any power station, the voltages and currents involved are not at domestic levels, bear in mind that these systems are feeding into the National Grid.

However, there will often be a 240v take off for local services somewhere in the setup.....

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PS, in the South West we have a lot of wind turbines, plus also an increasing number of solar farms as well.

In addition to this, a lot of bigger farms also have anaerobic digestion plants which generate a large proportion of the farms energy needs. In some cases farms are actually able to operate 100% off-grid and still pump out additional electricity to the grid at certain times of the day.

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For my own needs, I'm fairly reliant now on my own 12v solar systems.