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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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
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
Message: 4
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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