"Residential windmills send power back to the grid for electricity credits"

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"As energy costs skyrocket, the image of one’s electrical meter spinning backward is somewhat tempting. With wind turbine power, that image can become reality.

John Rush and Kate Burgess own Evolo Energy Solutions and Evolo Home Center in Newport. Evolo Energy Solutions offers renewable energy systems including solar thermal systems that provide domestic hot water and radiant-floor space heating, solar PV systems that provide electricity, and wind turbines for homes and small businesses
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“We have varying sizes of wind turbines available,” Rush said. “Our largest is 10 kilowatts, and that is large enough to run a small farm or business.”

Rush explained that the newer types of wind turbine systems work in conjunction with the utility grid. On days when the wind is blowing, the electrical meter literally spins backwards, banking electrical credits for those days when the wind does not blow. The best candidates for wind turbine power are “interested in producing their own renewable, domestic energy, and have a good wind resource — areas on hills near bodies of water, for example,” Rush said. “There are a number of places all over the state that have good wind resources, but certainly not everyone does.”