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Forum Index : Other Stuff : Aussie Wind In The News Again
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| grub Senior Member  Joined: 27/11/2007 Location: AustraliaPosts: 169 |
While reading the left/right wing news I came across this article. Aussie wind news Sounds interesting. |
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| domwild Guru  Joined: 16/12/2005 Location: AustraliaPosts: 873 |
grub, Interesting article and thanks for sharing. There is a German co. making MWatt turbines minus gearboxes already and one suspects the electronics perform the electrickery for the grid. But let's wish our lads the best of luck with their idea. Taxation as a means of achieving prosperity is like a man standing inside a bucket trying to lift himself up. Winston Churchill |
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| MOBI Guru Joined: 02/12/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
It certainly looks promising. I have to wonder at the accuracy of the article though. A normal turbine already costs 3 to 5 $million not anywhere near 15 $million. It would be nice to have turbines that produce more than around 25% which is typical on average. It doesn't get away from the wild variability of power generated though. If they can come up with some way of smoothing out the fluctuations then maybe they are onto something. Unfortunately, there are quite a lot of times when the wind doesn't blow, sometimes for days on end. What then? A long way to go yet I think. David M. |
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