Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:51:37 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 50 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: <97j3kc-ege.ln1@mail.specsol.com> References: <9rCdnUzucdz-tvPLnZ2dnUU7-audnZ2d@giganews.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="8578"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/6JjaU9yf4e2qz0RD6gkqi" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:NFCA1zKPPKAOJtd6zsI576TjWNE= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:539148 gilber34 wrote: > On 12/13/2015 9:36 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> gilber34 wrote: >>> On 12/13/2015 8:37 PM, Sam Wormley wrote: >>>> Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy >>>>> http://phys.org/news/2015-12-spain-retake-renewable-energy.html >>>> >>>> Hardship >>>> >>>>> "2015 marks the lowest point in the development of renewables in the >>>>> past 20 years in Spain," said Spanish Wind Energy Association policy >>>>> director Heikki Willstedt. >>> >>>>> "Spain must make up for lost time and fulfil its goals for 2020," she >>>>> added. >>>>> >>>>> Willstedt recalled that Spain is committed to meeting 20 percent of >>>>> its energy needs through renewables by 2020, compared to the current >>>>> 15 percent. >>>> >>>> Hope >>>> >>> >>> >>> Hope that they get enough money to REPLACE all the "renewables" EVERY 30 >>> years ? >>> >>> GOT IT ? REPLACE EVERY 30 YEARS . >>> >>> EVERY 30 YEARS, YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE WINDMILLS, SOLAR PANELS, because >>> they get worn, ineffective, corroded, etc. >> >> Nope; windmills don't last that long. >> >> > > South Point Hawaii, big island, first major install of windmills, 1987 I > think they only lasted 5 years. Maintanance costs were huge > > http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/ID/6350/Broken-promises-The-rusting-wind-turbines-of-Hawaii.aspx Moving parts, high winds, and a corrosive environment, what else would one expect? But the good (?) news is that Hawaii now has so much solar crap the grid is in danger of becoming unstable. -- Jim Pennino