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Urban wind power | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: Urban wind power (3.00 / 1) (#12)
by CG on Sat Dec 17th, 2005 at 03:10:28 AM MST
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But have I got it right? Does it mean that if you are not drawing power in your house, the electricity being generated by the turbine at that time leaks out into the grid? If so a two week holiday, with a house more or less shut down mode, represents 4% of a year's generating time. And what about when people are at work and the house is again empty? I have just cycled in through a strong wind to get to town(By the way, my PVC gutter blades where taking some stick but spinning like the clappers. I hope to get some industrial sized PVC gutter and try laminating to get longer blades.) but I only have the fridge running. Does this mean that all this prime time electricity would be given to somebody else? If this is so I can't see you people on your side of the pond standing for it, how do you think it will be different there?

The US Windsave deal hasn't been signed yet, it's reported on the narec site. The story is from the Scotsman newpaper, but I gave the narec address because it carries some good renewable energy news and I thought it may be of some interest to you people.

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Re: Urban wind power (4.00 / 1) (#13)
by Flux on Sat Dec 17th, 2005 at 04:41:43 AM MST
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The whole thing seems to be a scam to please the "seen to be green brigade"

The machine seems to be sound and if the inverter is cheap enough it could be a winner. Properly installed on a decent site it would be a good idea.

The idea that it can be used anywhere in an urban environment is just a scam. It will never pay for itself ( what is the price?) or save anyone anything except a guilty consience.

See Paul Gipes views of urban wind power on his Windworks site.

There is no price and no figures from Windsave . It would be better if they concentrated on areas where it could work and also sold the inverter with suitable approval for some of us to use it to tie better machines to the grid.

The economics seems based on some energy grant that they don't yet have in the UK.
I can't imagine them having the same thing in the US.

If they concentrated on solar for urban areas and left wind power to sites with wind then I might hold them in higher regard.

Flux

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