tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post4956830287120431949..comments2024-03-27T21:44:21.033-05:00Comments on Bit Tooth Energy: European weather, Danish and Scottish power suppliesHeading Outhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-3174951878481683852013-04-12T05:36:32.636-05:002013-04-12T05:36:32.636-05:00Thanks For Post ! Wood Chip & Pelltes Supplier...Thanks For Post ! Wood Chip & Pelltes Supplier uk <a href="http://www.lcenergy.co.uk/wood-pellet-supply" rel="nofollow">Wood Chip Pellets </a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-9026142168322529612010-12-11T12:52:50.407-06:002010-12-11T12:52:50.407-06:00The only wind farm in Scotland that I am personall...The only wind farm in Scotland that I am personally familiar with is the one outside Dalry in Kirkcudbright which I posted about earlier this year. I can say, knowing the location, that there is a considerable amount of wind there, but whether this is enough to give a 50% service factor is beyond my current ken.<br /><br />I am actually more intrigued by the use of straw, via pellets. Having heard some of the experience with burning switchgrass in Iowa, where they ended up with costs of close to $100 a ton,there are likely a whole lot of hidden costs in that operation that aren't seeing fresh air. it may be that there is a considerable social benefit that the Danes are willing to subsidize, but we have been running some tests (for a different reason) this week on switchgrass, and I can see pelletization being more expensive than the Iowa experience.Heading Outhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01790783659594652657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5251183560375528307.post-5809230636825787782010-12-11T09:26:29.934-06:002010-12-11T09:26:29.934-06:00"Scotland produced in 2008 48.217 TWh of elec...<i>"Scotland produced in 2008 48.217 TWh of electricity ... 7% wind onshore from approximately 800 MW capacity."</i><br /><br />Let's see now. 7% of 48.217 TWh is 3.375 TWh.<br /><br />800 MW wind capacity at 100% service factor could deliver 7.008 TWh in a year. Implied service factor would then be an eye-popping 48%.<br /><br />For comparison, well-sited trouble-free wind power installations typically deliver 30% of their rated output (setting aside the issue that some of this power will be useless since it will be generated at times when it is not required).<br /><br />Either onshore Scotland is 50% windier than the rest of the world, or we are looking at yet another example of arithmetically-challenged boosterism for wind power.<br /><br /><i>"It has been estimated that the conversion to biomass will cost the state some 900 million kroner annually through the loss of levies on coal."</i><br /><br />Another fact the boosters of "renewable" Subsidy Sluts ignore -- in addition to the perpetual subsidies required by most "renewables", there is also the loss of taxes from fossil fuels. Since the Danish government is not willing going to shrink, those lost taxes on coal are going to have to be made up by additional taxes on the already heavily-taxed Danish people. Proper analysis would include those transferred taxes in the costs of "renewables".<br /><br />If self-decribed "renewables" are ever to be taken seriously, supporters first need to earn a reputation for honesty & accuracy.Kinuachdrachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275320683766290581noreply@blogger.com