Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now that's what I'm talking about: > > http://www.duke-energy.com/news/releases/2013012301.asp > > http://www.sandia.gov/ess/docs/pr_conferences/2011/3_Ratnayake_Notrees.pdf Okay, the first article says it has 36 MW of capacity and it costs . . . $44 million? Not sure. 36 MW for how long? The second article says it has 24 MWh of storage. So at peak it with all of the turbines off it would not last for one hour, but that is an unlikely scenario. This wind farm has 153 MW nameplate capacity, so that's 43 MW on average. The second article has some graphs showing what happens when they lose 8 MW in a "trip" which I assume means a sudden loss of several turbines. It says "4 WTGs" go off. Probably means "Wind Turbine Generator." They are 2 MW each?! Wow. When a nuke plant trips, scrams and goes off line the power company really has to hustle. Interesting! - Jed
