In order to get started with your Community Wind project, you should begin by evaluating your prospective project site. It is important to fully understand the wind resource at your site as well as many other technical factors like wind shear and roughness. There is a great wealth of information available on-line for taking your “first look” at your location’s wind resource. However, in order to fully understand the profitability of a Community Wind project at your site, specialized equipment and understanding is required. In addition to understanding your wind resource, you must also understand the community within with you plan to work; it’s local ordinances and restrictions as well as municipal requirements governing zoning and permitting. Through our network of partners, Chariot Wind can offer you the expertise that you will require in order to properly analyze, evaluate, or understand your Community Wind Site.
After evaluating your Wind Site, you will need to plan your project; understanding and outlining how much power you plan to produce, how much you plan to utilize on-site, and what you plan to do with any excess power generated. Specific knowledge and expertise is of great benefit here as you will need to navigate and understand things like Net-Metering and Power Purchase Agreements. Once again, Chariot Wind is your complete wind product solution partner and can offer you the information, and understanding that you need to properly plan your Community Wind Project.