My hope is to 'boot-strap' a wind power industry here by starting with one or two 600kw systems to be used locally and generate $ when excess over local requirements power is generated. (We've got some transmission power lines not too far away - ~10 miles.) The experience gained running these local plants will, hopefully, prove a base for further development of local businesses using this power, requiring more installations, and so on. Ultimately, I'd like to see a full-blown wind farm, or ten, established for the purpose of entering the power business. Not only are these good jobs they are jobs that can*not* be taken away.
But that is years down the road.
In the meantime, I gotta get eddicated 'bout this stuff.
In about two months I'm personally getting very serious about the co-op movement. Meantime, there are several threads and projects going on, just involving ET members.
Out there in the larger world of DailyKos and myriad smaller, local blogs, there are numerous potential investors. People are looking for the better method in pursuit of the correct goals.
Just as an observation, LLCs could be registered for each local or regional project of these sorts. Each one will need a coordinator/manager, which could be persons such as yourselves (ATinNM and SacredCowTipper for examples). paul spencer
