[UK-CONTEST] Wind Turbines..

[G3RIR]

Ken,

You have missed the need to derate in your calculation. A 1.8 MW turbine can
only be rated at 30% at best (Government figures) as the wind doesn't always
blow and sometimes the wind is too strong and they have to switch them off
or feather them.  0.3 x 1.8 kW = 0.54 kW per house. That is not enough to
drive a Plasma Telly let alone your linear.

Neil, G3RIR

 

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ken Eastty
Sent: 12 February 2010 09:49
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Wind Turbines..

> This brings several issues that need consideration (property value, 
> potential for holiday letting, could such a visually intrusive 
> proposal be accepted when my aerials were rejected, etc.)

A local amateur was successful with the planning application for his tower
because living close to the local football ground his tower was thought to
have a much lower visual impact than the four tall lighting towers at the
ground (one of the few benefits of living close to a football ground?)
Reading the 'blurb' on the proposed windfarm I noticed under the heading of
"Wind Farm Myths, Myth 7: Wind produces little power:
A single 1.8-megawatt turbine can produce enough power for 1,000 homes". 
Maths was never my best subject so perhaps someone else can confirm that
1.8 x 10^6/10^3 = 1.8kW per house or am I making a basic mistake? (1.8kW
- not even enough to run some linears!)

73...

Ken

G3LVP
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