In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:54:31 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>PV also produces roughly 30% of nameplate because the sun shines with peak
>intensity around 8 hours per day. However, unlike wind power, PV produces
>peak electricity at exactly the moment when demand peaks during
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:54:31 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
>Wind is a function of solar radiation and
>that has not changed, so I doubt overall wind or the patterns of wind have
>changed, or can change.
That isn't quite true. The world's heat engine runs on the temperature
Nick Palmer wrote:
> *"However, unlike wind power, PV produces peak electricity at exactly the
> moment when demand peaks during the summer, because air conditioning kicks
> in when the sun is hottest."*
>
> **America is not the whole world! In Britain, we don't really use air-con
> much. I gu
As I mentioned, I said I would email the MD of the owner/operator of the "350
ft giant" which the article claimed achived 15% of capacity.
Here is his response (N.B. as we have corresponded/messaged before it's really
informal...)
"Hi Nick, yep that one is ours. Things worth knowing on this f
MARTA is installing a 1MW PV solar array at its bus garage at the
intersection of Laredo Dr and E. Ponce de Leon in Decatur (Avondale
Estates) on top of a structural canopy built over the bus parking lot.
The canopy will actually accommodate 2 MW of cells with half to be
for future expansion. If
Nick Palmer wrote:
Not a perfect reply to the above, but it gives some idea...
>
>
>
> http://fullfact.org/factchecks/wind_turbines_performance_capacity_muir_trust_express_daily_mail-2646
That is an interesting article, worth reading. Their average actual values
are:
Onshore wind % capacity
20
Jed wrote:
"I do not know of any environmentalist support for cold fusion except our poor
lonely friend Nick Palmer here, but I doubt that environmentalists will be
strongly opposed to it."
I don't know of any direct environmental movement support or belief - the
general feeling seems to be i
Jones Beene wrote:
"However, the most alarming statistic in the piece, if it is accurate and
not
an aberration - should be easy to check on: "the 350ft turbine outside
Reading... performed so poorly (working at only 15 per cent of its
capacity)"... "
I have emailed the MD of the firm I think
JB wrote:
"Is there an actual figure for all of England on the percentage of capacity
which is achieved in practice to compare against the prior projected
percentage which was used to justify the investment?"
Not a perfect reply to the above, but it gives some idea...
http://fullfact.org/factch
Nick Palmer wrote:
> think Limbaugh crossed with Beck and Inhofe, except he's smarter and his
> arguments are not as crassly stupid as those of the US types.
I am not familiar with Beck et al.'s oeuvre, but "not as stupid" can't be
saying much. This guy claims that back-up generators run 24 ho
-Original Message-
From: Nick Palmer
"According to this story, wind energy in England, is not living up to
expectations.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361316/250bn-wind-powerindustry-gre
atest-scam-age.html
Virtually every sentence of this blatant propaganda, let alone every
Jones been wrote:
"According to this story, wind energy in England, is not living up to
expectations.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361316/250bn-wind-power-industry-gr
eatest-scam-age.html"
Virtually every sentence of this blatant propaganda, let alone every
paragraph, is highly arg
There is something that is inherently risky about staking your energy and
economic future on the whether. Farmers have known this since the dawn of
civilization.
Wind and solar energy production may be dramatically affected by climate
change. When the north and south Polar Regions heat up and al
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Jones Beene wrote:
> According to this story, wind energy in England, is not living up to
> expectations.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361316/250bn-wind-power-industry-gr
> eatest-scam-age.html
Of course storage technology could have a major effec
There are some errors in this article:
"The most glaring dishonesty peddled by the wind industry — and echoed by
gullible politicians — is vastly to exaggerate the output of turbines by
deliberately talking about them only in terms of their 'capacity', as if
this was what they actually produce. Ra
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