The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind | 48 comments (48 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

asdf (none / 0)

all correct points, but I think they are, to a large extent, covered by the "cost of intermittency" (cost to the grid) item I mention in my article. New technical solutions do need to be found, but they are not that expensive.

As to voltage control and reactive power, wind turbines have pretty powerful electical control euipement, and actually help stabilize the network, by providing "islands of regulation" in isolated places of the network faraway from the main nodes. The French grid operatos, RTE, which used to be extremely wary of wind, is now happy to use it to keep the network humming.

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

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat May 2nd, 2009 at 01:49:28 PM EST
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Re: asdf (none / 0)

Maybe a message is that you can't just put in some windmills out in the boondocks somewhere and then put an electric car in your garage and be done with it. The entire system needs to be refreshed, from international regulations about toaster design to the wiring in residential neighborhoods and houses...

by asdf on Sat May 2nd, 2009 at 01:57:59 PM EST
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Re: asdf (none / 1)

That's certainly true, but it would seem to be common sense enough!

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

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sat May 2nd, 2009 at 01:59:41 PM EST
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The cost of wind, the price of wind, the value of wind | 48 comments (48 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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