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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Wow a VAWT that doesn't produce any useful power, what a shocker. :rolleyes:

    I get very dissapointed when I see siting of RE by the spreadsheet. Half the roadside PV and windy's I see have severe shading or turbulence issues. Sometimes they add a second PV module because the first isn't performing as expected and then they shade the lower one with the new one. facepalm.gif


  • #3
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Sir Liamalot wrote: »
    Wow a VAWT that doesn't produce any useful power, what a shocker. :rolleyes:

    I get very dissapointed when I see siting of RE by the spreadsheet. Half the roadside PV and windy's I see have severe shading or turbulence issues. Sometimes they add a second PV module because the first isn't performing as expected and then they shade the lower one with the new one. facepalm.gif

    but but but it look lovely beside that tree :)


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    If you wanna see a true abortion of renewable technology check out solar roads.
    $2 200 000 non-refundable raised from gullible yanks.
    A country wide outdoor heater in the Winter?! Yup, that sounds ecological alright.



    http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml



  • #5
    323
    Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭323


    Sir Liamalot wrote: »
    Wow a VAWT that doesn't produce any useful power, what a shocker. :rolleyes:

    I get very dissapointed when I see siting of RE by the spreadsheet. Half the roadside PV and windy's I see have severe shading or turbulence issues. Sometimes they add a second PV module because the first isn't performing as expected and then they shade the lower one with the new one. facepalm.gif

    +1

    Always amazed when I see a couple of wee hybrid wind/PV beasties installed in a council estate a few mile from me, over 2m below the level of the surrounding roofs. Sun gets to them in the afternoon maybe 4 months of the year and the turbines stutter around every now and again.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



  • #6
    Macha
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 6,376 Mod ✭✭✭✭Macha


    323 wrote: »
    +1

    Always amazed when I see a couple of wee hybrid wind/PV beasties installed in a council estate a few mile from me, over 2m below the level of the surrounding roofs. Sun gets to them in the afternoon maybe 4 months of the year and the turbines stutter around every now and again.

    We don't tend to build houses in windy places. Micro wind doesn't make a whole lot of sense in a lot of places. PV, on the other hand, does.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Yeah. PV is the business alright...pity it's so feeble in the Winter.
    Cheaper by the watt. Solid state. Less control electronics. Negligible maintenance.
    I'm a fan of micro wind but I'm only sticking at it because I'm stubborn. If I tripled or quadrupled on PV it'd probably be enough.


  • #8
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    PV panels plated onto turbines is the way to go :D


  • #9
    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,241 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Sir Liamalot wrote: »
    If you wanna see a true abortion of renewable technology check out solar roads.
    $2 200 000 non-refundable raised from gullible yanks.
    A country wide outdoor heater in the Winter?! Yup, that sounds ecological alright.



    http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml


    That was all over my facebook feed, people liking it and loving it saying how it'll solve all our problems. no mention of kw/sq m , €/kw, etc


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