The solar focused mirror failure rate is very high. I know of two other large array projects which are equally poor at producing energy, yet equally successful at taking investor money..
Private investment or Government subsidy are defined only by the speed with which investor money is vaporized. Practical application yields return on investment. Pie in the sky claims do not... Billions are now lost, along with the time to build these monsters and ultimately to dismantle them. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I AM WRONG -- it's not gummint money, to my astoundment! > > --R > > > > > On 6/18/15 5:48 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > >> There was an article >> http://www.wsj.com/articles/high-tech-solar-projects-fail-to-deliver-1434138485 >> a coupla days ago about some huge project in Kollyfawnya, solar thermal >> set-up, that is only producing 40% of the design output due to unforeseen >> issues. >> >> " The $2.2 billion Ivanpah solar power project in California’s Mojave >> Desert is supposed to be generating more than a million megawatt-hours of >> electricity each year. But 15 months after starting up, the plant is >> producing just 40% of that, according to data from the U.S. Energy >> Department." >> >> Seems like a $2.2B 60% failure was not a very good "investment." Maybe >> could have started off a bit smaller and only pissed away a bil or two? >> But it's only gummint money, so who's counting... >> >> --R >> >> >> >> On 6/18/15 5:14 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >> >>> MG via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>>> BIG oops! 5kw. Though the 5mw system would be very nice to have if it >>>> was the same price. Then again I probably don't have the room for it. I >>>> have only 42 acres. >>>> >>> >>> Well, let's see. 5 square meters per kW, so about 25,000 square meters >>> for 5 MW. >>> Around 4000 square meters per acre, looks like you could easily fit 5MW >>> on ten acres. I wonder if you could get-r-done for $15 million? >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
