Net Metering

The overall agreement and regulations can be viewd by clicking here.

A checklist of what the customer needs to do can be seen by clicking here. A checklist of what an inspector will look at can be seen by clicking on checklist.

Truewinds project

The Mesomap is the most advanced wind mapping system in use today, and is also the most widely tested and validated. It has several advantages over traditional wind resource assessment methods. First, it operates without the need for surface wind data. Second, it simulates important meteorological phenomena not captured in most other models, such as katabatic (downslope) mountain winds, channeling through mountain passes, lake and sea breezes, low-level jets, temperature inversions, and surface roughness effects. Finally, mesomap directly simulates long-term wind conditions, thereby eliminating the need for uncertain climatological adjustments.Mesomap characterizes wind resources in a region by recreating actual weather and wind conditions for 366 days randomly sampled from a 15-year historical record. For different mesomaps of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico make appropriat selection below.

Wind speed 100 meters

Wind speed 70 meters

Wind speed 50 meters

Wind speed 30 meters

Wind density 100 meters

Wind density 50 meters

Click here if you want to read a 96-page report on the benefits of onshore and offshore wind turbines..

Other Reports

U.S. Department of Interior's Energy Assessment report --2006.

Solar sizing worksheet.

Virgin Islands Energy Office Wind Study. For the results of the first six months click here. For the addendum click here.

The New York Times recently published an article surveying various books on Global Warming. The article, entitled How Close to Catastrophe?, can be read by clicking here.

The V.I. Energy Office Director Bevan R. Smith Jr. made a presentation to the V.I Public Services Commission on the need for Net Metering on the islands. To see his typed notes for that presentation click here. To see his slide presentation, Click here. (This is a large file that may take several minutes to download)

Can a home wind turbine make money?

Click here to read BBC article

Energy resources

The U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Putting Energy into Education, the National Energy Education Development project

A magazine about Solar Today

Energy Efficient Solutions for cars and home

American Wind Energy Association

National Renewable Energy Lab

A challenge to stop global warming through innovative building design

Florida Solar Energy Center

Calculators

How to Calculate Home Energy Use

Find out what the payback period would be on your solar project at www.ongrid.net/payback

Government resources

The VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources

VI Costal Zone Management

VI Fish and Wildlife Division

VI Water and Power Authority

The VI Senate

Delegate to Congress Donna Christensen

US Environmental Protection Agency

Other resources

University of the Virgin Islands

St. Croix Environmental Association

St. Croix's East End Marine Park