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The sun doesn't always shine...one volcanic eruption could stop the world cold if we rely on solar...wake up....you have been conned by the public school system....
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The sun doesn't always shine...one volcanic eruption could stop the world cold if we rely on solar...wake up....you have been conned by the public school system....
There you go again.. LeIt's the windmills you Don Quixote types love so much that only produce 25% of their rated capacity
The Sun does, eruptions or no. Wake up... you're late for school..The sun doesn't always shine...one volcanic eruption could stop the world cold if we rely on solar...wake up....you have been conned by the public school system....
Just correcting you since you misquoted meThere you go again.. LeIt's the windmills you Don Quixote types love so much that only produce 25% of their rated capacity
I am an Environmental Engineer. Worked in the field for 30 years. In retirement I did a little consulting.
A few years ago I was involved in a permitting project to do a nuclear energy power plant expansion project in Texas.
The NRC required a section on the evaluation of alternative energy. We did a 250 page section in which we did an economic evaluation of solar, gas, thermal, wind, coal and oil.
None of them could compete with nuclear. Natural gas came in second, oil third and coal forth. No thermal.
Solar and wind were completely out of the picture.
To produce as much energy as the nuclear power plant expansion they would have to cover the entire Texas county in solar collectors.
Wind was just as bad.
Counties in Texas are huge, by the way.
Coal would have come in second, even with stringent environmental controls, except for the fact they would have had to expand the railroad system to deliver the coal.
SemanticsYou imagine things.
Yes, windmills are powered by the Sun. Where did you think winds came from?
No idea. Admit you're more nuts than I am.
I don't see it as an either or thing. Both have pros and cons. One downside of gas is that it is a finite resource.Eilat is not a small town. For it to be 100% solar powered during the day is impressive. I do not agree with his condemnation of gas power. a gas fired plant is not nearly as polluting as coal and solar cannot produce the power at this time to replace conventional power plants www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7YINRaEeNw
No. It has never been economic for me for a number of reasons, the one being it would take too long for pay for itself, my house will likely be demolished before it does, and the other is we can't sell our electricity back to the utility.I don't see it as an either or thing. Both have pros and cons. One downside of gas is that it is a finite resource.Eilat is not a small town. For it to be 100% solar powered during the day is impressive. I do not agree with his condemnation of gas power. a gas fired plant is not nearly as polluting as coal and solar cannot produce the power at this time to replace conventional power plants www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7YINRaEeNw
So you have solar?
The Sun does, eruptions or no. Wake up... you're late for school..
Yes, you can. By law. Since March.No. It has never been economic for me for a number of reasons, the one being it would take too long for pay for itself, my house will likely be demolished before it does, and the other is we can't sell our electricity back to the utility.I don't see it as an either or thing. Both have pros and cons. One downside of gas is that it is a finite resource.Eilat is not a small town. For it to be 100% solar powered during the day is impressive. I do not agree with his condemnation of gas power. a gas fired plant is not nearly as polluting as coal and solar cannot produce the power at this time to replace conventional power plants www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7YINRaEeNw
So you have solar?
Other than having too many big trees shading you or needing new roofing (which can also be solar), you can work out a deal that works for you. I did even with big trees all around. Five or six years ago. Haven't regretted it for a second. You can do it!Net metering is the system utilities use to credit solar homeowners for the electricity they produce, but don’t use themselves. Current law allows Dominion and Appalachian power to stop allowing homeowners and business to use net metering once solar supplies more than 1% of the electricity on the grid. The amount of electricity that is on the grid is well under 1% in most of Virginia right now. But this will change as VCEA encourages more people go to solar. VCEA ensures new solar customers will be able to net meter. It lifts the cap to 6%. Of this, 1% is reserved for low-income customers.
No idea. Admit you're more nuts than I am.
Remember, this poster believes Quid Pro Joe only received 15 million votes, the other 65 million are fraudulent ... so it's an easy step for him to believe name-plate capacities are fraudulently given at 4 times the actual output ... for which we now must include Underwriter's Labs as co-conspirators ... every insurance company is actively seeking to be nationalized because corporate profits suck ...
Wrong , Corky.
I have faith the Americans are stupid enough to vote for a politician of the 2 major parties and that they actually believe their vote matters and that the fuckiong government cares about them.
And unlike you morons I don't make shit up
http://xn--drmstrre-64ad.dk/wp-content/wind/miller/windpower web/en/tour/wres/annu.htm
The Capacity Factor
Another way of stating the annual energy output from a wind turbine is to look at the capacity factor for the turbine in its particular location. By capacity factor we mean its actual annual energy output divided by the theoretical maximum output, if the machine were running at its rated (maximum) power during all of the 8766 hours of the year.
Example: If a 600 kW turbine produces 1.5 million kWh in a year, its capacity factor is = 1500000 : ( 365.25 * 24 * 600 ) = 1500000 : 5259600 = 0.285 = 28.5 per cent.
Capacity factors may theoretically vary from 0 to 100 per cent, but in practice they will usually range from 20 to 70 per cent, and mostly be around 25-30 per cent.