Greetings,
Wind farms have made my business very happy happy! That said, they are very
inefficient and not cost effective when compared to coal fired or nuclear
power plants. Wind power comprises about 1% of the total generation in the
U.S and wind farms typically only operate 30-40% of the time. If the wind
is blowing too hard, or too light, the operators won't operate the wind
turbines and will leave them in locked position. One last problem is that
North America does not have enough transmission infrastructure in place to
support the current and future wind farm projects. This has to be built
before more wind farm projects dot the landscape. Also, If the U.S.
Government ever stops offering tax credits to wind farm developers, the wind
farms will eventually cease to exist and you could get a deal on a tower hi
hi.
73,
Jim N9WW
James E. Chaggaris
President
PowerOne Corp./PowerOne Environmental
1020 Cedar Ave.
Suite 203
St. Charles, IL 60174
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of bill rubin
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:38 AM
To: Tom Haavisto
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com; jtml@vla.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] wind farms in west Texas and eastern New Mexico
I support wind farms ! Once they are outdated or found non cost effective,
they will make excellent support for our wire antennas :)
73 Bill N1HWC
On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Tom Haavisto <kamham69@gmail.com> wrote:
> Demand for electricity can vary minute to minute throughout the day.
> As such, not all units will be running all the time. During times to
> peak demand, they can have all units running, but during periods of
> less demand, they will take some units off-line to balance load and
> demand. They also try to balance things out so that each unit has
> roughly the same number of hours. They also try to vary things so
> that not all units will require maintenance at the same time. Its a
> huge juggling act. Basically, they want to make sure power is
> available when needed, allowing time for routine maintenance as well
> as unscheduled down time.
>
> Tom - VE3CX
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> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:10 AM, John Lyles <jtml@losalamos.com> wrote:
>> They are sprouting like weeds. Huge things. Today I passed several
miles-long wind generation farms along I-40. I noted that about every 10th
propeller was not spinning. And it was a windy day, constant out of the SW.
Do these things have reliability problems, or are they just being installed
and not working yet? Anyone have a clue?
>> 73
>> John
>> K5PRO
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