tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post3265964505953542474..comments2024-01-09T00:39:13.955+00:00Comments on Oh what NOW!: Even when they break they cost the taxpayerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-65827692523870787442012-01-12T13:38:09.285+00:002012-01-12T13:38:09.285+00:00"Shaky Foundations For Offshore Wind Farms&qu...<a href="http://www.thegwpf.org/uk-news/4739-shaky-foundations-for-offshore-wind-farms.html" rel="nofollow">"Shaky Foundations For Offshore Wind Farms"</a><br /> says the GWPF today:microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-36629255169550065232012-01-12T00:11:02.523+00:002012-01-12T00:11:02.523+00:00Whenever I drive past a working wind farm I have t...Whenever I drive past a working wind farm I have trying to estimate the number of broken machines. It is always 1 or 2 in a large group and I estimate about 5% are broken on average. I wonder how they estimate the availability of power from these wind farms. When they say 18% of rated power, is that of all of the machines, or is it of the working machines only? If they do not count the broken ones you can subtract off another 1% off of that 18%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-53335341911901707032012-01-11T16:12:23.643+00:002012-01-11T16:12:23.643+00:00Wonder if Mr Huhne will have to sell any of his ho...Wonder if Mr Huhne will have to sell any of his houses :). ...<br /><br />http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2012/1/10/government-surveillance-of-windfarm-protestor.htmlkerching...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-91925199924509556262012-01-11T09:36:24.748+00:002012-01-11T09:36:24.748+00:00CJ Nerd. Thanks for that. Link amended.CJ Nerd. Thanks for that. Link amended.The Filthy Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584236558282159183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-34221804415219009812012-01-11T07:39:59.313+00:002012-01-11T07:39:59.313+00:00There is no Table 3 on page 32 in the file you lin...There is no Table 3 on page 32 in the file you link to. That file has pages from 17 to 26. There's a Table 3, but not the one you reproduced.CJ Nerdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-65880871730879418952012-01-10T23:37:32.294+00:002012-01-10T23:37:32.294+00:00"I suspect there are huge embedded maintenanc..."I suspect there are huge embedded maintenance contracts written-in - giving a "ni"<br /><br />Of course there are, these things are meant to create 'green jobs' - the more the better. Huhne et al don't give a damn whether they are effective or efficient, more breakdowns = more jobs, and us suckers who need power will pay for it.Woodsy42https://www.blogger.com/profile/12355671210161625647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-31082404856281773542012-01-10T20:49:27.782+00:002012-01-10T20:49:27.782+00:00I conclude that these monsters are designed to fai...I conclude that these monsters are designed to fail. No sane designer would put all the heavy gear at the top, for maintenance & complexity reasons alone. There could have been a simple hydraulic pump at the top, with all the control gear & generation at the base, probably saving millions in tower structural stiffness alone. I suspect there are huge embedded maintenance contracts written-in - giving a "nice little earner" for many years.Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-18142437965431352742012-01-10T20:41:59.224+00:002012-01-10T20:41:59.224+00:00Hello,
I'm the Politics editor at Before It&#...Hello,<br /><br />I'm the Politics editor at Before It's News. Our site is a People Powered news platform with over 4,000,000 visits a month and growing fast.<br /><br />We would be honored if we could republish the rss feed of "Oh What NOW!" in our European Union category. Our readers need to read what experts like you have to say.<br /><br />Syndicating to Before It's News is a terrific way to spread the word and grow your audience. If you are interested in syndicating with us, please contact me at <br /><br />sean [at] beforeitsnews [dot] com<br /><br />Thank youSeanhttp://beforeitsnews.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508346572086151757.post-19230003021965084862012-01-10T20:21:08.072+00:002012-01-10T20:21:08.072+00:00"PS the Huhnatic is mine, all mine."
Th..."PS the Huhnatic is mine, all mine."<br /><br />That's what Mrs Huhne thought.Joe Publichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829909061904690380noreply@blogger.com