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I say ix-nay on the C, and here's why

garym — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:49:28 -0400

Yet another reason why we should say an ix-ney on the Albatros-necklace of Bruce C and plan instead for the real future of power generation:

The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) today released a first-of-its kind report that examines the technical feasibility of harnessing wind power to provide up to 20 percent of the nation's total electricity needs by 2030. Entitled "20 Percent Wind Energy by 2030", the report identifies requirements to achieve this goal including reducing the cost of wind technologies, citing new transmission infrastructure, and enhancing domestic manufacturing capability.
[ Wind Energy Could Produce 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity By 2030 | Science Blog ]

To recap, we're sitting here right smack in the middle of off-the-scale off-shore wind regions and the US is going gangbusters for eco-power to the tune of 20% within 12 years on wind alone and what was that schedule to flip on the hot-rod Bruce C? Half that time? You can barely amortize a family van in eight years.

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Off-Shore Windfarm Video

garym — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:45:20 -0400

Posted a few days ago by the BBC: take a tour of an offshore wind farm

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Tethered Wind-Power?

garym — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:03:34 -0500

It's probably too early-adopter in the product's development, but nonetheless perhaps we should be investigating that option precisely for that reason, because it just seems to me that you could tether one of these things nearly anywhere and while maybe not the operational no-fuss of an off-shore rig, well, we don't got those either ...

The Magenn Power Air Rotor System (MARS) is an innovative lighter-than-air tethered device that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, efficiently generating clean renewable electrical energy at a lower cost than all competing systems. This electrical energy is transferred down the tether to a transformer at a ground station and then transferred to the electricity power grid. Helium (an inert non-reactive lighter than air gas) sustains the Air Rotor which ascends to an altitude for best winds and its rotation also causes the Magnus effect. This provides additional lift, keeps the device stabilized, keeps it positioned within a very controlled and restricted location, and causes it to pull up overhead rather than drift downwind on its tether.
[ Magenn Power Inc. ]

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Lake-Wind Power

garym — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:57:26 -0400

Looking at that Ontario Wind map, I can't help but notice how the Excellent to Astounding ranges are respectively the middle of Georgian Bay and just due west a little from our own SBP ...