The first wind farm I ever saw was on a business trip in the 80's up in N.
Calif. was there and I noticed the same thing even then: lots of them in
disrepair and many not turning on a windy day.
Roger W5RDW
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Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 74, Issue 30
>I would agree, there at least 40% not turning close to me on the Altamont
> Pass in Northern CA, they get bought by companies for a big Tax break and
> are never maintained, so they fall apart. It looks like a Wind Farm
> graveyard up there on the pass with broken parts and towers lying where
> the
> fall for years. Plus when they do work, they do a good job of culling the
> Golden Eagle population.
>
> Mike
>
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>
> Greetings:
>
> I am thinking that these wind-generators are not all they are advertised
> to
>
> be.
>
> There is a massive farm on Interstate 10 through Southern California. On
> many
> (extremely) windy days, one might find as many as 35-40% of them not
> turning.
>
> Warren; W7WY
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 23:10:46 -0700
> From: "John Lyles" <jtml@losalamos.com>
> Subject: [TowerTalk] wind farms in west Texas and eastern New Mexico
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> They are sprouting like weeds. Huge things. Today I passed several
> miles-long wind generation farms along I-40. I noted that about every
> 10th
> propeller
> was not spinning. And it was a windy day, constant out of the SW. Do
> these
> things have reliability problems, or are they just being installed and
> not
> working yet? Anyone have a clue?
> 73
> John
> K5PRO
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