Posted on 10/27/2014 12:59:13 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Likewise, and again contrary to popular assumptions, wind does not follow daily or even seasonal outputs. There were long periods in which the wind was not blowing even in winter, making it difficult to match generation of wind power to demand. The report concludes that covering these low periods would either need 15 storage plants the size of Dinorwig (a pumped storage hydroelectric power station in Wales with a 1.7GW capacity), or preserving and renewing our fossil plants as a reserve.
Most significantly, it found that the system would be only running at 90 percent of capacity or higher for 17 hours a year, and at 80 percent or higher for less than one week a year; conversely, total output was at less than 20 percent of capacity for 20 weeks of the year, and below 10 percent during nine weeks a year. The most common power output of this 10GW model wind fleet is approximately 800MW. The probability that the wind fleet will produce full output is vanishingly small, the authors note. The consequence is that many more wind turbines will have to be built than is often assumed, as the capacity of the fleet cant be assumed to be synonymous with actual output.
The findings will deliver a body blow to governmental claims that their current target of generating 27 percent of energy from renewable sources mostly wind and solar by 2030 is credible.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Windmills were largely replaced with superior technologies over the last few centuries.
I remember driving up US 97 in Northern Oregon and topping the rise to the Columbia River gorge. There was a big fire on Mount Adams and the infernal wind farms cluttering a once beautiful vista of majestic peaks, a magnificent river canyon and wheat fields and vineyards as far as the eye could see. It was a perfect vision of eco-hell - bad energy policy meets bad forestry policy.
The science is settled; save your breath. /Sarc
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Shouldn't be too hard to do.
The politicians don't have to answer for profit. The coin of their realm is graft and votes.
Here’s the problem. The biggest source of wind (and hot air) anywhere in the USA can be found in Washington, DC. So why aren’t there any windmills there?
There’s more than enough wind to electrify the entire 57 states and enough hot air left over to make the Global warming threat seem viable. So why aren’t there any windmills there?
The greens will tell you they just misplaced the decimal point by a smidgen and everything is going to be all right as soon as they find it. So why aren’t there any windmills there?
I don’t believe it was Bush’s fault. Any suggestions?
I don’t doubt that a bit!
I have traveled extensively across America and observed many wind farms.
There is one constant ......... there are always lots of turbines not turning. the rate varies for the constant from a minimum of 10% to as high as 30 %.
That one spoils the view, just the same. It looks like Bent Willy, only Lilly white.
The next time you want to post that picture use this instead
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WIND TURBINES ARE ‘EXPENSIVE, UNRELIABLE AND INEFFICIENT’
The enviros demonized the logging industry by wailing and gnashing their teeth over the hideous destruction clear cutting caused to precious scenic landscapes. Of course unlike the ghastly windfarm behemoths, clear cuts are generally only visible from the air or from out-of-the way locations. They are not in-your-face FUs to daily commuters.
The beautiful people demand pristine views from their private jets. They couldn't care less about the enviro-generated blight the common man sees on his way to work or running errands.
Blight, decay, dysfunction and death are a-okay if a lefty lunatic causes it. Whirling ivory towers of destruction and desolation.. appropriate symbols for the ego-eco crowd.
Im surprised someone hasnt accidently run a ballistic drone into one of those windfarms yet.
I go out to the desert to ride and they have ruined the landscape with ugly noisy POS’s! They are everywhere. The environmentalists wackos complained about offroaders and we have have done 100 times less damage to the deserts than these POS’s! When the offroaders stop riding the desert grows right back. Now these things will be albatrosses of the desert. F’n environmentalist wackos!
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