Fossil Gulch Wind Park

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This clip shows the construction of a 10Mw wind turbine park in the State of Idaho

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: July 29, 2006 at 5:26 am
Author: aragonisle

Length: 00:09:23
Rating: 4.70
Views: 13490

Tags: Wind Turbine Renewable Energy Fossil Gulch Idaho

Video Comments:
theninja001 (October 22, 2008 at 7:06 am)
you're right, I'm sure the people who finance it didn't "look at the numbers carefully" they love throwing away money....retard
DJJASON47 (October 15, 2008 at 6:56 pm)
If you have looked at the numbers carefully, you have found that it takes a huge number of wind towers to equal just one conventional or nuke plant. We could cover our countryside with those giant towers and not make a real difference. Typical power plant produces up to 2000 MW of dependable, dispatchable power. One giant wind tower produces only about 1.5 MW of 20% efficient, intermittent power that needs to be backed up by a conventional power plant anyhow. What numbers have YOU been at?
Craneman666 (September 9, 2008 at 4:02 am)
That Bragg LR-1400 is a looooooong way from home!
DJJASON47 (July 18, 2008 at 4:01 pm)
How much did this cost us taxpayers and ratepayers, and how much of a true difference will it make in our energy supply? BTW, GE turbines are NOT made in the US, Zitronekopf. Don't be fooled, do some research. Industrial wind power is an expensive scam.
Teratornis (October 9, 2008 at 1:52 am)
Lots of wind farms are selling all their output through renewable energy credits, thereby sparing those Tragedy of the Commons ratepayers who would rather get their power by spewing mercury from coal into the food supply from having to pay the slightly higher cost of wind power at the moment. So,
DJJASON47, what's your plan for reducing foreign oil?
DJJASON47 (October 9, 2008 at 2:22 pm)
How about advancing clean coal technology, nuclear, horizontal drilling both offshore and such places as ANWAR, MORE hydro, oil sands, etc. There is no way to satisfy radical environmentalism, we must come together and compromise. The lie of industrial wind can easily be seen if you just run the numbers. It cannot possibly make a dent in our electric needs!
Teratornis (October 15, 2008 at 3:09 am)
I don't know any wind power proponents who claim wind is the only source of power we need. However, I have looked at the numbers pretty carefully and I'm impressed by the potential of wind. I'd give you references but YouTube doesn't accept links in these replies. I don't have a huge problem with more nukes, it's just that a nuke plant takes ten years to build, compared to a few months for a wind farm. Wind farms can expand incrementally and that's important.
Zitronekopf (September 17, 2007 at 6:48 am)
This is pretty exciting watching all of this! I like how it's not just a video of the turbine, but of the construction and everything that goes into putting one up. Also, for me at least, it was nice to see that it's a GE turbine :)
WindEnergy (September 15, 2007 at 10:17 pm)
Excellent video! I think you meant 1.0 Megawatt--there are no 10 Megawatt WTG's (wind turbine generators) yet, as the largest in the world is a 5 MW turbine on a 120 meter tower -in Germany
Zitronekopf (September 19, 2007 at 5:51 am)
I think maybe that the Fossil Gulch facility produces a total of 10MW with all 7 turbines up...not 10MW per turbine...because that would be one huge turbine...