Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy

From	jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com
Newsgroups	sci.physics
Subject	Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy
Date	2015-12-14 19:51 +0000
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gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/2015 9:36 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> 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

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Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-12-13 20:37 -0600
  Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-13 21:28 -0600
    Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-14 03:36 +0000
      Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy gilber34 <fafa@invalid.com> - 2015-12-14 13:21 -0600
        Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-14 19:51 +0000
  Re: Spain wants to retake lead in renewable energy jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-12-14 03:26 +0000

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