Another Failing Wind Farm! Can I count the ways?

[elektra]

It seems like a bad joke, over and over and over, endless threads now, of failure after failure, but in the name of fairness, it must be reported.

How many ways can one wind farm fail, aside from killing birds, poisoning the land, and not producing power.

I will focus on Ocotillo in what once was the pristine desert of California.

1. Pattern Energy's Octotillo project is not producing electricity even close to its installed capacity.
OCOTILLO WIND FALLS SHORT OF CAPACITY FORECAST FOR THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR

March 2, 2016 (Ocotillo) – The numbers are in –and for the third straight year, the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility has fallen far short of the 34% capacity factor that Pattern Energy predicted the project would generate in its applications for lucrative federal subsidies. In 2015, the Ocotillo project generated just 23.06%. In 2014, it hit 26.4% and in 2013, when it was offline two months for hurling off a multi-ton blade, it produced a scant 15.7%.

Ocotillo was a 265 mwh Wind Farm, $500 million dollar wind farm, producing 55 mwh!

 

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2. Turbine Fire, another way Ocotillo is failing.

 

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3. Wind Turbine blade throw failure.

 

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4. Oil Leaks! Yep, leaking hundreds, thousands of gallons of oil all over the desert!

Ocotillo Wind Turbine Destruction

 

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5. Bird kills!

DEADLY FLIGHT IN OCOTILLO HIGHLIGHTS DANGERS TO BIRDS OF PREY FROM WIND TURBINES

By Miriam Raftery

November 24, 2013 (Ocotilo) – ECM photographer Parke Ewing photographed a troubling series of images on November 22 showing a large raptor winging its way through Pattern Energy's Ocotillo Express Wind Facility, dangerously close to the blades.

The next day, photographer Jim Pelley found a dead raptor lying on the ground at the site, one leg sliced off, apparently a victim of the turbines. It is unclear whether it is the same raptor photographed on the wing by Ewing.

 

[elektra]

Failing to produce the power that the developers stated, received millions in subsidies and grants, destroying the environment, potentially deadly failures.

Other than that, it is an industrial sized eye sore!

 

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[Moonglow]

Like you give a shit about birds.....Your only hate is wind generated power stations..

 

[gipper]

The consequences matter not to the AGW cultist. Fossil fuel bad....wind energy good... Is the sum total of their knowledge.

 

[Moonglow]

Not every petroleum company has successfully managed to stay in business either, same with car manufacturers, etc...

 

[Old Rocks]

Wind Energy Oregon/Washington BLM

The United States has the second-biggest electricity system in the world, accounting for about 20% of the entire world's generating capacity. Of that slice, wind accounts for about 5% of the electrical generation capacity of the U.S. The 60,000 megawatts of wind power installed in the U.S. as of 2012, amounts to more electricity generation capacity than in the entire country of Australia, or Saudi Arabia, or Mexico. That's a lot of power.

Between 2000 and 2012, wind energy has been the fastest growing energy technology in the U.S. and worldwide, achieving an annual growth rate of about 30%. Laws enacted in most of the Western states require energy companies to provide a portion of their energy from renewable energy sources. As a result, the BLM anticipates a continued interest in the use of public lands for renewable energy development. View more >>

Sure as hell doesn't look like failure to me.

 

[gipper]

Not every petroleum company has successfully managed to stay in business either, same with car manufacturers, etc...

Oh Beavis must you be stupid this early in the morning?

Name one successful windfarm? Now we must define success, since you likely stupidly believe if it produces one watt of power, that is success.

 

[Old Rocks]

The consequences matter not to the AGW cultist. Fossil fuel bad....wind energy good... Is the sum total of their knowledge.

Well yes, fossil fuel is bad. Putting uranium, mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals into the atmosphere. Increasing the amount of GHGs in the atmosphere. And the mining of coal destroying whole mountains and river systems.

 

[gipper]

Wind Energy Oregon/Washington BLM

The United States has the second-biggest electricity system in the world, accounting for about 20% of the entire world's generating capacity. Of that slice, wind accounts for about 5% of the electrical generation capacity of the U.S. The 60,000 megawatts of wind power installed in the U.S. as of 2012, amounts to more electricity generation capacity than in the entire country of Australia, or Saudi Arabia, or Mexico. That's a lot of power.

Between 2000 and 2012, wind energy has been the fastest growing energy technology in the U.S. and worldwide, achieving an annual growth rate of about 30%. Laws enacted in most of the Western states require energy companies to provide a portion of their energy from renewable energy sources. As a result, the BLM anticipates a continued interest in the use of public lands for renewable energy development. View more >>

Sure as hell doesn't look like failure to me.

Oh know not dumb shit Old Crock too. I'm out.

 

[Old Rocks]

Not every petroleum company has successfully managed to stay in business either, same with car manufacturers, etc...

Oh Beavis must you be stupid this early in the morning?

Name one successful windfarm? Now we must define success, since you likely stupidly believe if it produces one watt of power, that is success.

A bunch of them east of The Dallas, Oregon. Thousands of individual mills, and more going up daily.


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Looks like a lot of very successful wind farms in many states.

 

[Old Rocks]

Wind Energy Oregon/Washington BLM

The United States has the second-biggest electricity system in the world, accounting for about 20% of the entire world's generating capacity. Of that slice, wind accounts for about 5% of the electrical generation capacity of the U.S. The 60,000 megawatts of wind power installed in the U.S. as of 2012, amounts to more electricity generation capacity than in the entire country of Australia, or Saudi Arabia, or Mexico. That's a lot of power.

Between 2000 and 2012, wind energy has been the fastest growing energy technology in the U.S. and worldwide, achieving an annual growth rate of about 30%. Laws enacted in most of the Western states require energy companies to provide a portion of their energy from renewable energy sources. As a result, the BLM anticipates a continued interest in the use of public lands for renewable energy development. View more >>

Sure as hell doesn't look like failure to me.

Oh know not dumb shit Old Crock too. I'm out.

Well, since you have nothing but ignorant one liners you should be out.

 

[gipper]

Not every petroleum company has successfully managed to stay in business either, same with car manufacturers, etc...

Oh Beavis must you be stupid this early in the morning?

Name one successful windfarm? Now we must define success, since you likely stupidly believe if it produces one watt of power, that is success.

A bunch of them east of The Dallas, Oregon. Thousands of individual mills, and more going up daily.


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• Battery Innovation in Portland
• Bio Mass in Oregon
• Charge Stations in Oregon
• Co-generation in Oregon
• Coal Export from Coos Bay
• Coal Export Proposals for the Columbia River
• Coal Exporting: Opposition & Support
• Coal Power in Oregon
• Electric Cars in Oregon
• Energy Financing
• Energy Storage in Oregon
• Ethanol and Biodiesel in Oregon
• Fuel Cells in Oregon
• Geothermal Power in Oregon
• Green Buildings
• Inverters and Electronics in Oregon
• Liquified Natural Gas in Oregon
• Methanol on the Columbia
• Natural Gas in Oregon
• Nuclear Power
• Oil Exporting on the Columbia
• Oregon Green Energy Resources
• Projected Growth of Green Economy
• Questions Over Subsidies
• Railroad Congestion & Safety
• Renewable Energy Map
• Solar Power in Oregon & Portland
• Solar Projects in Portland
• The Smart Grid in Oregon
• Wave Power
• Wind Farms in Oregon

AWEA’s Second Quarter 2015 Market Report shows 1,994 MW of wind energy were installed during the first half of 2015. Texas continues to lead the nation with over 15,000 MW of installed wind capacity, and California now has over 6,000 MW of installed capacity.

Looks like a lot of very successful wind farms in many states.

Old Crock are you aware of a technic called cost benefit analysis?



Yeah...thought so.

 

[Moonglow]

Hunters kill more birds than wind turbines..Hunters are responsible for the extinction of the carrier pigeon..

 

[gipper]

Hunters kill more birds than wind turbines..Hunters are responsible for the extinction of the carrier pigeon..

Now that's what I call justification... By a crazy person.