Green Energy Options for Consumer-Owned Business

摘要

The goal of this project was to define, test, and prototype a replicable business model for consumer-owned cooperatives. The result is a replicable consumer-owned cooperative business model for the generation, interconnection, and distribution of renewable energy that incorporates energy conservation and efficiency improvements. The objective of the project was to assess, analyze, and evaluate interconnected renewable energy technologies to identify options for interconnected renewable-sourced electric power and renewable fuels that are technically successful, economically viable for the co-op's needs, and efficient. The outcomes of the project are a technically feasible and economically viable implementation plan for a consumer-owned, renewable-sourced energy business; a procedural process to advance energy conservation and efficiency improvements and the generation of renewable energy; and a process for working with the local utility to interconnect solar energy systems with a networked grid.