[BC] Re: wind farms

[Chuck Lakaytis]

There are quite a few of these facilities around the world.  The successor 
to Union Electric of Saint Louis had one for many years.  I think that last 
year the dam on the uphill side broke and caused quite a flood.


Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
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907 301 4339 Cell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "r j carpenter" <rcarpen1 at verizon.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:39 AM
Subject: [BC] Re: wind farms


> Like all Good Things, wind farms do have a large front-end cost in terms
> of the energy required to manufacture and install the wind turbines. I
> once saw a comparison of the energy-cost of creating various "renewable
> energy" sources and the number of years of operation before there was a
> net gain.  IIRC, hydro dams were the worst.
>
> I once heard a talk by N6NB who had gone to great lengths to build his
> ideal mountaintop ham shack miles from anywhere. He finally moves in,
> installs his gear and starts to listen.  There was a din of RFI from one
> direction.  You guessed it, a large wind turbine farm some miles away in
> that direction.
>
> Back when I was doing radio propagation field stations, I had the
> nightmare that we'd get everything ready to operate and then discover
> that the Electric Welding and Arc Light Institute of America was located
> nearby. Just a bad dream, fortunately.
>
> As for the pumped water energy storage schemes, back when I was in
> college I think that one in Connecticut was mentioned. That was long ago.
>
> bob
>


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