An Open Source Project
solarNetwork.net is an open-source project and experiment to test a method of distributed energy production. It relies on continuous participation and cooperation of an online community.
We hope this community develops to both 1) build out the infrastructure of the network, and 2) provide the real-world know-how and data to support a new type of energy company.
A provisional patent (NZ Pat. Ap. 549074) for this business method was filed in August 2006 and you can download that document here:

