Re: Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought

On Jul 17, 1:13 pm, "rlbell.ns...@xxxxxxxxx" <rlbell.ns...@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Jul 17, 1:54 am, disgoftunwells <disgoftunwe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





On 17 Jul, 08:28, "rlbell.ns...@xxxxxxxxx" <rlbell.ns...@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Jul 16, 11:03 am, disgoftunwells <disgoftunwe...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 16 Jul, 08:11, "rlbell.ns...@xxxxxxxxx" <rlbell.ns...@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Jul 15, 2:13 am, disgoftunwells <disgoftunwe...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 13 Jul, 03:52, Bill Ghrist <notmyn...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Regarding the arguments about whether wind power is mature...

If you go back and read the article originally referenced by this topic
you will find that the premise has little if anything to do with the
maturity of wind power technology.  Rather it has to do with the amount
and type of back up generation that must be provided if wind power is to
  be a major portion of total generation.  The article specifically
addresses the situation in the UK, and shows that it is not unusual to
have periods of calm winds over all of the UK and continental Europe,
sometimes for days at a time, meaning that you need an amount of backup
generating capacity equal to the total wind capacity.

Back on topic! Thanks.

And my response was it's an excellent article but there are several
points that the author misses. He concedes he doesn't analyse the
impact electric cars, which with a 30% market share might provide
10KWhrs x 10 million = 100 GWhrs flexible storage capacity.

Let me get this straight:  During some parts of the winter when I plug
in my hypothetical electric car, not only will I not get any charge,
but the electric company will siphon some charge out of it.  Even
better, it can last every night for a week.

If you agree yes. Probably the easiest way is when you park your car,
you set a time for when you want it fully charged. Cheap, complex
software does the rest.

So the vehicle battery is used not for storage, but the charger
interacts with the grid to manage the load curve, eliminating some of
the need for peaking units that wind supplements fuel for.  This makes
the economic model for wind worse, not better.  Baseload unit produce
very inexpensive electricity that wind generators cannot compete
against.

Onshore wind power is already cost competitive with most forms of
generation, measured by c/KWhr.

The issue raised is that an additional cost of standby capacity is
needed.

Making demand more flexible is a way of overcoming some of this
requirement.

There are a number of ways of making demand more flexible, of which
electric powered vehicles will be the largest scale. (It's like
running your dishwasher at night, but on a much bigger scale, and in a
smarter way).

This makes the economics of wind better.

If I accept that wind power is competive with most forms of
generation, you must acknowledge that it is not competitive with all
forms of generation.  Wind is cost competitive with peaking units.
However load management reduces the need for peaking units, and enough
of it will eliminate peaking units altogether.  In a fully managed
load environment, wind is only competing with baseload units.  In that
environment, wind power makes no economic sense.- Hide quoted text -

It doesn't matter. The only thing that is ever relevant to idiot
economics is oil.
Which is why the people with intellects have always told the
scientoons
to let the people with brains, take care of the digital, computers,
PV Cells, fiber optics,
lasers, satellites, holograms, robots, and wind.




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