*What is the recovery on investment for $400 million? * Must be profitable or they wouldn't bother.
*What price per KW does the electricity have to sell at in order to accommodate days [or weeks] when wind is not sufficient to turn such large blades?* Not a problem, apparently. Offshore winds are a lot more reliable than onshore. Fossil fuel plants also have their down times, btw. *And, finally, how much of the $400 million investment is matching funds from government? In my view, an excellent opportunity to "blow away $400 million dollars".* I have no idea. Over time, these will save money if they are durable and the winds continue to blow. You should also be happy at the avoidance of GHG gas emissions, although it's a long way from your baking desert home to the North Sea. On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 1:42 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > What is the recovery on investment for $400 million? What price per KW > does the electricity have to sell at in order to accommodate days [or > weeks] when wind is not sufficient to turn such large blades? > > And, finally, how much of the $400 million investment is matching funds > from government? > > In my view, an excellent opportunity to "blow away $400 million dollars". > > On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 9:15 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > WIND ENERGYGE plans biggest turbine everPublished: Friday, March 2, 2018 > > > > General Electric Co. plans to roll out the world's largest wind turbine > by > > 2021. > > > > The Haliade-X turbine would have a capacity of 12 megawatts fueled by > > 351-foot blades, roughly the length of a soccer field. The offshore > turbine > > would stand 853 feet tall. > > > > GE plans to invest more than $400 million in the project over the next > > three to five years. It will manufacture the turbine in France, with a > > demonstration planned for 2019 and shipments planned for 2021. > > > > Offshore turbines have an average capacity of 6 MW, according to the > trade > > group WindEurope. With double the capacity, GE's turbine could produce > > enough electricity to power 16,000 households (Geert De Clercq, Reuters > > <https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ge-windpower- > > france/ge-to-develop-worlds-largest-wind-turbine-in- > france-idUSKCN1GD5GW>, > > March 1). *— AAA* > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
