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Wind Turbine Energy: How It Works and Stocks to Watch

"The reason is that in Texas, and most of the United States, the hottest days are the least windy. As a result, wind turns out to be a good way to save fuel, but not a good way to avoid building plants that burn coal. A wind machine is a bit like a bicycle that a commuter keeps in the garage for sunny days. It saves gasoline, but the commuter has to own a car anyway.

But neither wind nor solar power can be used to meet surging energy demands. And, while wind may be a low-cost resource when it is blowing, no renewable resources will provide for the large "base load" resources that Colorado needs the most.

An economic analyst claims he's done the numbers and wind energy is costing the Victorian Government far more money than any wind turbines could generate.

In addition wind is very unreliable, it cuts in and cuts out, so you have to have backup for it, so the costs are somewhat in excess of that crude depiction of the premium price you have to pay for wind.

"Oh, well they just cut in and cut out. Windfarms on average operate for 25 per cent of the time, but they only operate when the wind is blowing, so when the wind isn't blowing they're not available. I think it was well publicised in South Australia a wek or so ago when they had a heatwave of 42 or so degrees and suddenly none of the windfarms were operating, or only operating at very low level and one of them caught fire. Wind is not and cannot be reliable. You can rely on it to be there when you need it only 10 per cent of the time," he says."

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Wind Turbine Energy: How It Works and Stocks to Watch

Wind-generated electricity is not DISPATCHABLE.

BP Solar Putting in 37MW in New York

"37 megawatts ..."

Facts:
1 Laws of thermodynamics are tough to repeal
2 HEAT RATE - second law
3 CAPACITY FACTOR - reality

How many megawatt hours? #3.

BP Inks Coal Research Deal with China

While coal has lots of BTUs per pound [about 8,800 for PRB coal], its has negatives of mercury, sulphur, CO2, ... and RADIATION effluents.

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Making coal burn cleaner decreases EROEI which means that more coal must be used which increases the heat rate for electricity production.

Tough choices since the US will likely face electricity choices with in the next several years.

See FOIL 9 at website

What's Oil's Future?

"Today I put in an order for some Suncor Energy Inc (a major tarsands producer who can make profit from $40 oil) at under $24, about 1/3 of its peak price."

Got to watch tarsands because some report maybe more BTUs go in [natural gas] than BTUs gotten out.

I read read the above.

Energy is an an area of interest for us, not an area of expertise or ability.

cheers

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