At 11:09 AM 4/18/5, RC Macaulay wrote: >There have wind farms in west Texas in droves. The tax benefits and the >Federal money involved has caused a feeding frenzy across the US for large >array wind generators. The insanity of the projects make me turn my head >as I pass some of them. Here we have the wind farm at the top of the >plateau and the 2500 foot inclined radical change in elevation beneath and >adjacent to the wind towers. Engineering science blinded by the dollar.
Not sure what you mean by the above. High altitude locations are typically good for wind farms. In any case, in order to make a valid economic assessment, wind rose data is typically obtained to cover a fulll year before siting a wind farm. Are you saying they have ignored the potential for solar towers in Texas? The idea of building solar towers on mountiansides (I assume a 2500 ft radical rise qualifies as a mountain) is not commonplace. I certainly never heard of it before. Regards, Horace Heffner
