I've worked on wind turbine projects in Alberta where it hits -40 in winter (fun fact, -40 is the same in celcius or farenheit). How the fuck are Texan wind turbines little bitches?
Hmm I didn't suppose that, the wind turbines I've installed/recommended have all had motor block heaters powered by a solar panel on top of the necell or batteries with stored energy from the turbines. Since it gets to -40 here regularly I just install them with heaters by default.
One thing I dislike is the stupid implementation of these turbines. Subsidizing them incentivizes people to put them in locations that wouldn't otherwise make sense. Alberta doesn't really subsidize wind so they're only built where economical. In some places, the USA being one who subsidize the installation they can go in areas that aren't windy but who cares if the gov't is paying half the costs.
One thing I dislike with this site is the automatic hatred of renewables, but people are understandably biased due to the fuck up of rolling them out in the past.
Wind is not the cure all, nor is solar, natural gas is great to replace coal but nuke and hydro are best for baseline power.
I did learn that in areas like the North Sea Germany and Denmark build the towers so tall they hit the headwinds, which then makes them as reliable as nuke or hydro or gas, because the headwinds blow ALL the time.
THAT is where you use wind power, and it becomes THE LOWEST cost of electricity, that being said, you don't use valuable farmland for solar or wind in places it only blows to where the turbine hits 20% capacity.
The pay is great for servicing wind turbines but I hate heights so I opted to sit in an office and design them with the rare visits. If you don't mind heights by all means do it.
I've worked on wind turbine projects in Alberta where it hits -40 in winter (fun fact, -40 is the same in celcius or farenheit). How the fuck are Texan wind turbines little bitches?
I'm thinking it must be the lubricant?
Hmm I didn't suppose that, the wind turbines I've installed/recommended have all had motor block heaters powered by a solar panel on top of the necell or batteries with stored energy from the turbines. Since it gets to -40 here regularly I just install them with heaters by default.
I've often thought of learning to service these things. Tons of em throughout WI and you always see big chunks of em down. There's demand.
One thing I dislike is the stupid implementation of these turbines. Subsidizing them incentivizes people to put them in locations that wouldn't otherwise make sense. Alberta doesn't really subsidize wind so they're only built where economical. In some places, the USA being one who subsidize the installation they can go in areas that aren't windy but who cares if the gov't is paying half the costs.
One thing I dislike with this site is the automatic hatred of renewables, but people are understandably biased due to the fuck up of rolling them out in the past.
Wind is not the cure all, nor is solar, natural gas is great to replace coal but nuke and hydro are best for baseline power.
I did learn that in areas like the North Sea Germany and Denmark build the towers so tall they hit the headwinds, which then makes them as reliable as nuke or hydro or gas, because the headwinds blow ALL the time.
THAT is where you use wind power, and it becomes THE LOWEST cost of electricity, that being said, you don't use valuable farmland for solar or wind in places it only blows to where the turbine hits 20% capacity.
The pay is great for servicing wind turbines but I hate heights so I opted to sit in an office and design them with the rare visits. If you don't mind heights by all means do it.
It is not the oil, it is ice build up on turbines that cause them to be unbalanced. Texas doesn't have heaters on their turbines to deice them.