IEEE: About Wind Turbines

[andre kesteloot]

Karl W4KRL wrote:
> Andre,
>
> There should be exact figures for how much wind-generated electricity was
> produced. Then we would not need to resort to rules of thumb to compare wind
> capacity to non-intermittent capacity. It is sad to see the degree of
> precision increase when applying approximate factors. Shame on the author!
>   
indeed
> An interesting statistic that was missed is that US wind generation capacity
> was increased 40% in one year.
>
>   
also the news today that the Chinese are already able to produce that 
kind of equipment at 40% less than we do.
Are we going to miss the boat, once again ?
73
André