----- Original Message ---- > From: Jed Rothwell
> The numbers on land vary from ~27% in Germany to ~33% in parts of the U.S. > Some offshore installations reach ~40%. These could be little more than imaginary numbers, without documentation. The 27% is documented for the best UK offshore sites, but I can find nothing higher. The major point of the "truth" site is that these higher numbers do NOT exist in reality and are only there to lure politicians and investors. I am no expert - but in doing as much googling as I care to do on this topic - the "truth" site in question seems to have a valid point. Apparently no one who quotes the higher numbers can show real documented results over time. Actually I truly hope you have the facts otherwise, instead of opinion which has been tainted by EPRI. Please -- Show us officially documented actual result for *a full year of operation* where the performance approached 40% load factor - even 30%. If you can provide these, as documented actual results over time - instead of EPRI hype (or as the being results of the best week of the year etc) -- then hello - we can silence "truth" sites like this - which claim otherwise - and with real facts instead of ... err... hot air ? Jones
