Electric Bandsawmill and Electric Processor Generator feasibility

[Justme]

17 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Actually it was 30 years ago when I think back and electricity was about 7p/kWh, gas oil was 8p/litre. So IIRC  gasoil is about 10kWh /kg 8kWh/ litre. I don't know how to check back but I do remember working out we did no better than 20% conversion when we should have got double that running most efficiently.

 

Anyway will it be permissible to run rebated gas oil for a commercial purpose even if stationary?

 

as a post script the genset ran 40 hours a week in winter and the service interval came up frequently. Changing the lubrication oil that frequently was a big expense. To offset a little of this I advocated filtering it and adding it to the diesel tank but I was overruled and the oil was disposed of by the mechanic. I worked out the oil represented 2% of the fuel used.

I THINK that electrical generation for business is still ok. I know it is for domestic.