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Power your EV with renewable electricity - Rent a windmill

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Hello,

Do you have renewable power at home (for your EV as well?)? Do you want to get green electricity?

With 2 co-founder (Dave, Preben and myself), we have created www.RentAWindmill.com, a website where we propose to propose to EV owners (and other people as well) to get green electricity easily and for a very good price.

The idea is simple, you rent a windmill on a wind farm and you co-produce your electricity.
Originally, Dave was looking for green electricity for his brand new EV. Unfortunately, his local electricity company don't offer any green power.
After a brainstorming with Preben (specialist in renewable energies and renewable energy certificates), we've decided to launch the web platform.



You can be in Europe or in North America, the system is the same. We have partnerships with local windmills owners so we are able to inject the electricity into your grid.
In one hour, a windmill can produce enough to power your EV for 10 000 km (6 000 miles). In a few hours, a wind turbine will generate enough for your house for the all year.

It costs only 10 Euros (USD14) per windmill hour. Our margins are very low and part of what you pay is directly invested to create more power for the future.

I'm looking for feedbacks. Do you like the idea? Any comments?

Thanks

Emeric
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Hi. Right, this looks like it's not a money saving measure but a way to neutralize your load on the standard grid. A do good, feel good deal in a tree hugger sort of way.

My local power company has this program in place. They get their electricity from solar panels and you pay a premium for it. But noting they are a top solar electricity provider, I'd say they're probably making a killing on that and just looking to see how many hippies they can sign on. :)

JR
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