{"id":6511,"date":"2010-02-15T11:33:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-15T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/en\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2025-02-21T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T17:49:39","slug":"off-grid-camp-kent-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/off-grid-camp-kent-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-Grid Camp in Sunny Corner- SE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1866\" title=\"wind-turbine-solar-panels1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/wind-turbine-solar-panels1-350x239.png\" alt=\"wind-turbine-solar-panels1\" width=\"350\" height=\"239\" \/>This combination of renewable energy systems provides power for camp in the woods near the river. It would have cost $8000 to make a hydro line to the camp and they would have been forced to cut a 5\u00a0<abbr title=\"metre\">m<\/abbr> (16&prime;) wide clearing lane through the forest, losing their privacy. Only with the independence offered by a wind turbine and solar panels could they preserve the natural beauty of their wooded area.<\/p>\n<p>The hybrid system consists of two 400\u00a0<abbr title=\"watt\">W<\/abbr> windmills mounted on an 26\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres\">m<\/abbr> (84\u2032) poll, and three 115\u00a0<abbr title=\"watt\">W<\/abbr> solar panels, which store power in eight 6\u00a0<abbr title=\"volt\">V<\/abbr> batteries. These systems are connected to an inverter and a charge controller Solar Boost\u2122 2000E (<abbr title=\"recreational vehicle\">RV<\/abbr> Power Products).<\/p>\n<p>The owner uses the camp year-\u2019round and generates enough power for all his electrical appliances (lights, TV, water pump). In case of temporary low generation output, there is a generator as a backup power source. The camp is also equipped with a wood stove for heating and propane stoves for cooking.<\/p>\n<p>He is particularly happy with the windmills\u2019 performance for they have a better generation potential in contrast with his solar panels due to the intermittence of the sun in an ideal geographical area with consistent wind conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1867\" title=\"inverter-power-control-batteries\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/inverter-power-control-batteries.png\" alt=\"inverter-power-control-batteries\" width=\"674\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/inverter-power-control-batteries.png 674w, https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/inverter-power-control-batteries-300x268.png 300w, https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/inverter-power-control-batteries-13x12.png 13w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This combination of renewable energy systems provides power for camp in the woods near the river. It would have cost $8000 to make a hydro line to the camp and they would have been forced to cut a 5\u00a0m (16&prime;) wide clearing lane through the forest, losing their privacy. Only with the independence offered by a wind turbine and solar panels could they preserve the natural beauty of their wooded area. The hybrid system consists of two 400\u00a0W windmills mounted on an 26\u00a0m (84\u2032) poll, and three 115\u00a0W solar panels, which store power in eight 6\u00a0V batteries. These systems are connected to an inverter and a charge controller Solar Boost\u2122 2000E (RV Power Products). The owner uses the camp year-\u2019round and generates enough power for all his electrical appliances (lights, TV, water pump). In case of temporary low generation output, there is a generator as a backup power source. The camp is also equipped with a wood stove for heating and propane stoves for cooking. He is particularly happy with the windmills\u2019 performance for they have a better generation potential in contrast with his solar panels due to the intermittence of the sun in an ideal geographical area with consistent wind conditions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[71,30,31,29],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-6511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-east","category-residential","category-solar-panels","category-wind","tag-72"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6912,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6511\/revisions\/6912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}