Wind power and battery storage fails in Australia.

mako88sb · 02-11-19, 04:30 PM

We have some wind farms in Southern Alberta and I always wondered just how beneficial they really are. I've heard quite often that they aren't working out like they are supposed to in other locations. Here's a report from Australia that seems to confirm this:
https://stopthesethings.com/2019/02/...onjob-exposed/

Platapus · 02-11-19, 04:58 PM

"We are not here to debate the wind industry, we are here to DESTROY IT!"

I wonder what their point of view would be?

Not sure I would consider that an unbiased source

Reece · 02-11-19, 06:06 PM

The wind turbines are an eye sore and solar power plants with battery backup is a joke!! Lets face it, what happens on a calm night? where does the power come from? Batteries!!

If they want clean power they need nuclear power, but the stupid greenies are against it. What amazes me is that they dump other countries nuclear waste here!!

02-11-19, 04:30 PM	#1
mako88sb XO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 423 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wind power and battery storage fails in Australia. We have some wind farms in Southern Alberta and I always wondered just how beneficial they really are. I've heard quite often that they aren't working out like they are supposed to in other locations. Here's a report from Australia that seems to confirm this: https://stopthesethings.com/2019/02/...onjob-exposed/

02-11-19, 04:58 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"We are not here to debate the wind industry, we are here to DESTROY IT!" I wonder what their point of view would be? Not sure I would consider that an unbiased source __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-11-19, 06:06 PM	#3
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,701 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	The wind turbines are an eye sore and solar power plants with battery backup is a joke!! Lets face it, what happens on a calm night? where does the power come from? Batteries!! If they want clean power they need nuclear power, but the stupid greenies are against it. What amazes me is that they dump other countries nuclear waste here!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*