Friday, April 8, 2011

Wind Power: A Failure.

Not producing as expected.

They cause problems at the Grid.


Winds die during peak requirements.

Who would invest in this industry?

Read more at The Register. Written by Lewis Page.

An excerpt from the report.

In general, then, one should assume that a wind farm will generate no more than 25 per cent of maximum capacity over time (and indeed this seems set to get worse as new super-large turbines come into service). Even over a year this will be up or down by a few per cent, making planning more difficult.
It gets worse, too, as wind power frequently drops to almost nothing. It tends to do this quite often just when demand is at its early-evening peak:
An excellent report. 

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