The concept being promoted by the Newbury Park, California-based company, is to generate energy from a strategically placed cluster of turbines in a low wind area while remaining close to an existing grid.
"Sauer Energy will be accelerating the early adoption of wind energy with technical approaches to low wind areas," said Dieter Sauer, CEO and President of Sauer Energy.
"Community Wind Projects come at a critical stage for local municipalities to meet future demand, secure jobs and present the potential for the spirit of free enterprise to prosper. We are working relentlessly to bring this opportunity to market in the near future," Sauer said.
Essentially, the company is hoping to offer a wind-based alternative to utility scale projects that can be deployed on an affordable commercial scale that can be privately owned and placed closer to the areas where more energy is consumed with less of a loss due to distance between the power producer and the grid.
Further, the company said in a written statement, utility companies can benefit by purchasing the energy generated to meet their quotas or by offsetting usage while private owners can benefit by utilizing the energy generated or by selling it to the utility company.
According to Sauer Energy, A Community Wind Project is an asset that can be owned by an individual or a small local group. A Project can contain a few units or a considerable number of units which can affect the amount of energy generated.
The frequency of wind and wind speed will likewise help determine the break-even point.
The company points out that the 30 percent federal incentive in place now has no limit as to the number of turbines on one parcel of land. The state and local incentives may vary. Therefore, the return on investment (ROI) will vary in correlation to all pertinent dynamics.
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