Factor e Farm Energy Use Policy

Introduction

We are off-grid. We have 1,400w of solar panels installed, which translates to 350w of average continuous power (enough to run 6 60w light bulbs or 4 laptops at 90w each). Because we also run lights, a refrigerator, and shop tools - this means that we end up using a 1kW generator, so th*e more power we use, the longer the generator has to run.

For example:

• If someone uses their laptop to play music - that costs us $1 per day and $30 per month of that person is doing that 12 hours per day. Imagine if 10 people were to do that - we have just blown $300 per month - compared to maybe $3 per month if the person used an MP3 player instead.

Point is, when not careful, we can end up wasting lots of money on energy. Our current solution is getting the pelletized-biomass-fueled modern steam engine up and running, so we generate power from local biomass. Moreover, we are aiming at energy abundance by installing the solar concentrator electric power generator.

Until then:

• No desktop computers are allowed