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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 12 June | 99 comments (99 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

This study is so filled with caveats and uncertainties as to be bordering on bogus, and makes me wonder the about the funding source. even the sensors used have come under question. as some of us realize from the accuracy of weather reports, meteorology remains an inexact science.

gah!

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 06:51:23 PM EST
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Re: Peak wind (none / 1)

I realise this may be an impossible question to answer in anything but vague terms, but is a day without wind (or with less wind) an entirely lost day anyway?

In other words, would you expect the dominant factor in how long a turbine lasted to be age or wear?

by Sassafras on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 01:07:50 AM EST
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Re: Peak wind (4.00 / 2)

It's all about load cycles, regardless of the number of days. Turbines in sites with strong turbulent winds do have less lifetime, which usually means replacement parts come sooner. Still, after replacement, turbines in California have lasted over 25 years and some are still spinning.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 03:08:04 AM EST
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Re: Peak wind (none / 1)

And the study is one thing. Another is a sensationalist headline turning a 10% decline into winds "dying".

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Jun 12th, 2009 at 04:47:57 AM EST
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