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500+MW windfarm largest offshore windfarm in world. | 6 comments (6 topical, editorial)
Re: largest offshore windfarm in world. (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Capt Slog (Capt.Slog(at this)gmail.com) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 05:16:38 AM MST
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Quote from the BBC....

Power from the 140 turbines would help cut carbon dioxide emissions by 1.5m tonnes a year - equivalent to taking 350,000 cars off the road.

They're always banging on about that angle, CO2 emmisions and what it's equivalent to.  

I wish for once they'd say. "about the same cost as nuclear power station, but with no radioactivity, no waste, and no expensive decommisioning."

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"Slowly changing the world, one watt at a time!"



Re: largest offshore windfarm in world. (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by DamonHD (d@hd.org) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 06:46:34 AM MST
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Interestingly I saw something that suggested that the energy that goes into making nuclear power (construction, handling, mining, disposal) per kWh generated is similar to wind!

Rgds

Damon

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Re: largest offshore windfarm in world. (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by finnsawyer on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 08:39:50 AM MST
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Right now in the U.S. the cost of disposing of the nuclear waste seems to be tending toward infinity.  Namely because they have been storing it in casks in such locations as on the shore of one of the Great Lakes.
GeoM
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Re: largest offshore windfarm in world. (3.00 / 0) (#4)
by Jon Miller (Fieldlines 'at' otherpower 'dot' co 'dot' uk) on Fri May 16th, 2008 at 11:47:33 AM MST
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Capt Slog,

Nuclear is a low carbon, base power generation method.  Waste is a very big issue but the UK wouldnt have a national centralised gird without nuclear and the associated advantages of distributing large wind farm's power to consumers.  
Jon M

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500+MW windfarm largest offshore windfarm in world. | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial)

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