Posted on 12/06/2016 9:58:36 AM PST by lowbridge
Three windmill-like turbines loom motionless over the city of Port Angeles’ new Waterfront Park.
The $107,516 spires stand immobile more than two months after they were erected and more than a year after the city council approved them.
Once they are working to generate electricity, they will produce so little power — $1.50 worth of electricity a month in savings — that at least one council member is regretting her decision to purchase them.
They have not been activated because the city is involved in an inspection-related dispute with the manufacturer, UGE International Ltd. of New York City, Community and Economic Development Director Nathan West said last week.
The impasse could be resolved by January, after projects with a higher priority are taken care of, West said.
The turbines will power the 31 lights that illuminate the park, Deputy Power Systems Manager Shailesh Shere said last week.
They can generate up to 3 kilowatts an hour but under normal conditions will generate a quarter of that, Shere said.
Shere said they are expected to generate $1.50 worth of electricity a month, based on current retail Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) rates.
City Councilwoman Sissi Bruch said last week the turbines were intended to do more than generate electricity.
“They were also meant to educate folks about wind power,” she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at peninsuladailynews.com ...
Mission Accomplished
The citizens of Port Angeles are getting an education on the economics of wind power, good and hard.
I did not say that we always have negative electricity prices, I said that have been times when we have had negative electricity prices.
And yes, different times of the year and different times of the day have different electricity consumption. A couple weeks ago, wind generated 40% of the electricity being consumed in Texas.
I think having those monstrosities destroy the view would overcome any cost savings (if there really are any).
You may remember that Port Angeles was the border crossing where the Millennium Plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport was foiled by an alert border guard at the ferry terminal.
“I think having those monstrosities destroy the view would overcome any cost savings (if there really are any).”
Aside from electricity prices that are negative during some non peak demand times, there has not been much cost savings.
Not just free electricity, but electricity where utilities are paid to consume electricity.
Sissi is an absolute lunatic. These lefties should be dunked into water for several hours. If they survive, they aren’t complete morons. However, they were elected. The voters there must have misshapen heads.
I am not much of a math guy, but 100,000 \ 1.50 = 66,666 months. 66,666 / 12 = 5555 years in order to receive the investment cost... This is not including other maintenance costs. Not that any of those are important as things will well decay by 5000 something years, lol.
They seem to be all over. No wonder the country is so screwed up.
That's the sort of thing you are SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT BEFORE YOU BUY SOMETHING...
But hey, its only tax money
I’m saving most of your text there, too.
We need to be posting that a lot. I know we’ll need to use it again and no doubt, very soon.
Where did I say “always”?
But they’ll make up for it in volume.
Do you live in a big city where there is no view but hi-rises?
No, I see hills and deer.
Yep..... I saw him a lot on Cavuto. T Boone is one savvy dude.
I admire him greatly. The fact he took advantage of the existing laqw shouldn’t be held against him.
In 2015, electricity produced by wind was 4.55% of total in U.S.
http://www.eia.gov/energy_in_brief/article/renewable_electricity.cfm
They look kind of like a kinetic sculptor. parks waste more money on art sometimes. And they light the park too! BPA has lower rates than most. \
I wonder if the part is open after dark?
“Here in Texas, we are very educated about wind power.
We see the wind mills, we see our lights on, we see utility bills falling”
Wind power can be cost effective in some areas, and for some purposes - but it is no silver bullet. Leftists have often radically overpaid for wind, solar and other energy schemes.
Germany dumped billions of euros into North Sea wind farms, that will never be worth the cost - even though it is pretty windy there.
Bottom Line: The public should learn to demand reasonable return on investment, and closely watch politicians spending their money. Wind and solar have been among some of the very worst “investments” made by politicians.
As an aside, I recommended windmill water pumps to a Mongolian friend. They have lots of pasture land, lots of animals, and lots of wind - but lack of drinking water (far off the grid) is a common problem. Windmills should be a good solution for them, but nobody was using them. They have some brutal hard freezes in the Winter though.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.