Energize Europe: Zero-th draft plan | 73 comments (73 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Energize Europe: Zero-th draft plan (none / 0)

Something tells me while these ideas are technically feasible they are "big technology" and not really "distributed" or "distributable".

Well, everything is relative. The current first deep geothermal plants are in the megawatt range. Exactly like wind turbines. If you accept only locally manufactured and say one generator per family/farm/hamlet as distributed power, then today distributed power doesn't exist.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Nov 22nd, 2006 at 03:55:37 PM EST
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Re: Energize Europe: Zero-th draft plan (none / 0)

That is one point I was trying to make to Nomad in an earlier discussion: a large wind turbine blade is essentially a modified aircraft wing. That's not something you can manufacture locally.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. -- Euripides

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 22nd, 2006 at 04:01:09 PM EST
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Not quite (none / 1)

It's the same size, and it has a similar shape, but it's a lot simpler to manufacture, because it's essentially one big piece of carbon fiber. No fins, no reservoirs, no engines to carry, etc...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Wed Nov 22nd, 2006 at 04:07:23 PM EST
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Re: Not quite (4.00 / 2)

But you need a large facility where you have to cast it, and in a sufficient quality to withstand both mechanical stress and weather.

As for photovoltaic, you need a semiconductor industry.

Indeed whatever you build, you need a semiconductor industry for the inverters.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Nov 22nd, 2006 at 04:50:58 PM EST
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