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INSTALLED U.S. WIND POWER CAPACITY SURGED 45% IN 2007
American Wind Energy Association ^
| 17 Jan 2008
| Christine Real de Azua (press officer)
Posted on 01/18/2008 5:25:03 AM PST by alnitak
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To: Nuc1
Not so good for electric generation. It works wonderfully for electric generation. 5-10 gwhr/windturbine/year. Windmills pay for themselves in 6 or 7 years.
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posted on
01/22/2008 5:52:54 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
To: DungeonMaster
Yep your capacity factors are just marvelous. Good luck. I’m sure you will do fine once the government forces utilities to build them
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posted on
01/22/2008 4:07:55 PM PST
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Nuc1
Capacity factors mean nothing, all that matters is cost per kwhr and availability vs demand.
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posted on
01/23/2008 5:39:20 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
To: DungeonMaster
Cap factors mean everything. Wind mills are not the panacea they are claimed by many to be. They fall under the load following sector of the grid as their outputs vary considerably. Our last cycle was 18 month breaker to breaker, 97% capacity factor. We are a base load station. Wind mills are not. Their supporters should quit selling them as if they are base load generation.
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posted on
01/23/2008 4:22:18 PM PST
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Nuc1
Could you turn that thing down if you wanted to?
105
posted on
01/24/2008 10:22:01 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
To: DungeonMaster
Yup. Indeed we could turn it off if we wanted too. But it wouldn’t make any money that way. :D)
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posted on
01/24/2008 5:14:44 PM PST
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Nuc1
Yup. Indeed we could turn it off if we wanted too. But it wouldnt make any money that way. :D) I've read that nukes are very hard to turn down. That would not really be a good thing. So nukes work best running wide open all the time. The problem is that demand changes all the time.
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posted on
01/25/2008 4:55:12 AM PST
by
DungeonMaster
(WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
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