tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post112558187436258251..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Off Shore Wind Versus Nuclear: Guest Post by Willem PostMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-3501808115500726012013-05-20T09:24:00.292-04:002013-05-20T09:24:00.292-04:00SteveK9 makes the point that wind (and solar) are ...SteveK9 makes the point that wind (and solar) are non-dispatchable sources of capacity. This severely limits their usefulness in a modern utility grid. Having generating sources available quickly when you need them is an absolute must for grid stability. Wind and solar don't cut it. If they are available when you don't need them you might as well not have them, because you can't store the energy "on the grid", as some renewables advocates claim. You need pumped storage for any kind of grid-scale storage scheme. Good luck with that in today's litigious world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-49835070542627100052013-05-14T08:56:59.869-04:002013-05-14T08:56:59.869-04:00Even multiplying a wind farm by its capacity facto...Even multiplying a wind farm by its capacity factor (which you generously gave as 40%), does not convey the difficulty in using wind. The total output you calculate is not the same as a plant based on fossil or nuclear, since you have no control over when the wind is blowing. 40% may be correct but the output will vary almost randomly over every time scale between 0% and 100%. The Bonneville Power Authority has a graph with wind output plotted every 5 minutes ... go there and you will get an education on why wind is a pain.SteveK9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-73666022098408783402013-05-09T12:58:32.790-04:002013-05-09T12:58:32.790-04:00Uvdiv made the same observation about the potentia...Uvdiv made the same observation about the potential use of this proposed transmission line in 2010: http://uvdiv.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-spin-transmission-line.html He (?) also concluded that the wind energy potential was not good.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948081496409475665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-54306394916963919252013-05-06T18:41:25.261-04:002013-05-06T18:41:25.261-04:00About every five years or so a storm sweeps up the...About every five years or so a storm sweeps up the coast that will blow these things into the sea. Nuclear plants weather the storms without problems, and are generally the first back on line to assist in recovery efforts. A storm like Sandy, or the March 1962Noreaster, or the "Perfect Storm" of 1991 will wipe these things out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-55523521115618770272013-05-06T17:32:04.519-04:002013-05-06T17:32:04.519-04:00The southern terminus of the cable is suspiciously...The southern terminus of the cable is suspiciously close to Surrey nuclear power plant. <br /><br />Any chance this cable is a Trojan horse so that, in the event the wind turbines underperform or are never built, that nuclear power from Virginia could be marketed in New England?<br /><br />Methinks I smell a rat.Bill Youngnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-70527617296499498452013-05-06T16:36:56.633-04:002013-05-06T16:36:56.633-04:00I wonder what Sandy (much less salt air and barnac...I wonder what Sandy (much less salt air and barnacles) would've done to the monsterous whirligigs....<br /><br />James Greenidge<br />Queens NYjimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-50318564708099840122013-05-06T11:34:16.757-04:002013-05-06T11:34:16.757-04:00I am wondering if electricity could be moved from ...I am wondering if electricity could be moved from Virginia to New York by this line. If so, then the cheaper electricity from the southern states could be sold at NY rates. Maybe this transmission line would allow Southern nuclear electricity to flow to anti-nuclear-electricity New England states.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com