[TowerTalk] wind farms in west Texas and eastern New Mexico

[bill rubin]

I support wind farms ! Once they are outdated or found non cost
effective, they will make excellent support for our wire antennas :)

73 Bill N1HWC

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Tom Haavisto <kamham69 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Demand for electricity can vary minute to minute throughout the day.
> As such, not all units will be running all the time.  During times to
> peak demand, they can have all units running, but during periods of
> less demand, they will take some units off-line to balance load and
> demand.  They also try to balance things out so that each unit has
> roughly the same number of hours.  They also try to vary things so
> that not all units will require maintenance at the same time.  Its a
> huge juggling act.  Basically, they want to make sure power is
> available when needed, allowing time for routine maintenance as well
> as unscheduled down time.
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> Tom - VE3CX
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> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:10 AM, John Lyles <jtml at losalamos.com> wrote:
>> 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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