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  • 05-04-2007 3:10pm
    #1
    ardara1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭


    I was told this week that of all the nice new windmill dotted around Ireland - noe of them has been connected to the national grid in the passed 3 years - is this true?


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  • #2
    Keeks
    Registered Users Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭Keeks


    No....any turbine that is erected and you can see the rotor turning in a least a good breeze is connected to the grid. This is because the generators used in Wind Turbines are asynchronous generators and need a source of supply first before they can generator power.

    They work the same way as an induction motor only in reverse.

    What people are talking about is that any new wind farm that has being granted planning permission since about 2003 has not being able to get a grid connection for one reason or another.

    And no developer will put up a wind turbine just to let it sit idle.


  • #3
    Kelter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭Kelter


    I think what you heard about refers to the fact that the waiting list for grid connection is over 3 years long. So when they say anyone who applied in the last 3 years has not been connected, they are right, but wind turbines are still being connected on a weekly basis. This year the amont of wind on the grid will almost double


  • #4
    sarahirl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭sarahirl


    the green party have taken this as an election issue - they want irish electricity to be 100% from renewable sources by 2050, which given our location is actually not that difficult given the right backing. the problem with this country is that the infrastructure is quite old fashioned in that it was built to take electricity from the east to the west, not the other way round. "A typical 10 kV connection was quoted at about €24,000 per kilometre and a typical 20 kV line at €11,000 per kilometre, excluding substation and metering costs." these lines have to connect to a 38kV substation, which are dotted around the country. also, their idea of letting people who have private electricity generators to feed back into the grid is interesting. i'll be voting for the green party but it's gonna take a huge amount of money for them to right the wrongs of the past government.


  • #5
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,459 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    How about first setting a taget of 50% by 2020 so it'll give the vast majority of people to see that target hit within their lifetime? :)

    One would hope anyway...


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