Originally Posted By nick w
Originally Posted By auster
Originally Posted By nick w
I shouldn't rely on wind turbines just yet.
A rather hushed up news item here.....
https://www.thegwpf.com/type-failure-or-wear-and-tear-in-european-offshore-wind/
Nick


Maybe the reason that it is not in the news is that it's not news. If I sent that to any of my editors it would be tossed in the bin and I would be out of work. On the other hand if I sent it to an organisation intent on discrediting climate change science I would probably earn a nice little fee.

The warning signs appear in the first two sentences i.e. any headline with a question mark in it is dodgy. And then we read "Recent reports indicate.." If you can't cite the report you don't have a story.


It's nice to hear that you have editorial professionalism there. Here anything is just repeated with no apparent checking.
Thanks for the tips (recent reports etc.). I'll keep them in mind. They can join "notional" when applied to grid feed in amounts, and eco friendly when applied to massively polluting short term technology.

I'll try and find out more about that wind farm story....it does remain true though, that in California, where the first wind farms were made in "perfect" locations, they stopped repairing the turbines years ago now and that has resulted in thousands of non working monstosities littering their countryside long forgotten since the gov subsidies were used by a few to make a fortune.

Nick


Nick there's probably a story in the maintenance issues facing wind energy but it's probably only of interest to industry insiders. My issue was the poor writing and lack of attribution e.g. the author is quoting a source with which he is or was associated and whose report can only be obtained by subscribing therefore putting money in the authors own pocket.(I'm relying on an article by The Independent here) And the article implies that maintenance issues are an argument against wind energy. That's like arguing that petroleum refinery shut-downs for maintenance (turnarounds) are an argument against fossil fuels. It's just maintenance. And regarding obsolete wind farms, yes, as with the terribly scarred landscape after coal mining, regulators need to be thinking about what to do with those towers when they have waved goodbye.

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