Sentences with phrase «life of a wind turbine»

Imperial College research says useful life of wind turbines may be longer than some people have asserted, countering claims machines need replacing after just 10 years.

The short working life of wind turbines compared to power stations, plus their lack of commercial viability, will likely put the brakes on German renewables expansion according to this GWPF report.

Wind turbine project installed cost: $ 2,000 / kW Typical mechanical life of a wind turbine: 20 years Hours per year: 8,760 Average availability of wind power: 24 % Market value of 1 kWh of electricity at production site: $ 0.07 Value of total electricity produced during wind turbine life: 20 x 8,760 x 0.24 x $ 0.07 = $ 2,943 / kW installed As you can see the payback on wind turbine projects is iffy even with no maintenance and operating costs included in the equation.

Their study added the hidden costs of wind which included the cost of fossil fuel power as back - up when the wind is dormant, the additional cost of transmission that frequently occurs with wind farms due to the inaccessibility of the best wind resources, the cost of wind's favorable tax benefits in «accelerated depreciation,» and a shorter estimated life of a wind turbine of 20 years to the per - kilowatt - hour cost of generating electricity from wind power that includes capital costs and operating costs, as determined by EIA and the Department of Energy.

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He is in the business of wind turbines, specifically how to increase their efficiency, which makes him very interested in «boundary layer meteorology,» the air motions from 0 to 600 feet up, where wind turbines live.

«These findings have implications for airport safety but also have potential applications for agriculture and for alternative energy sources such as solar farms, where birds living and feeding in the area can cause disruption, and around wind turbines where the birds are at risk of collision and the threat to birds can sometimes be a legislative barrier,» Professor Swaddle added.

States up and down the Atlantic coast are rushing to become the capital of America's burgeoning offshore wind industry, hoping the massive turbines will breathe new life into ports mired by a shrinking fishing industry and a flagging industrial base.

Wind turbines inspired by the stealthy flight of owls could generate more energy than existing ones, without annoying those who live nearby.

The wind turbines and solar panels are just some of the many cutting - edge green technologies at work in the Center — a living demonstration of sustainability practices.

Whether the discussion turns to replacing coal - fired power plants with wind turbines and using electric cars instead of gas - driven SUVs, converting industrial agricultural practices to organic permaculture, or reversing the decline of ocean life though international regulations, it is an article of faith in the reform movement that we know what we need to do and all that's lacking is a sufficiently visionary leader to put more planet - friendly solutions in place.

> Okey doke; let's agree that windpower is a good thing, generally, that it's desirable that engineering solutions be sought to (further) minimize and certainly monitor the effect on bird life — especially raptors — and that the «cats kill more birds than wind turbines» argument isn't a stellar example of a well - reasoned scientific argument addressing a legit scientific concern.

The former dean of medicine at the University of Western Ontario, Robert McMurtry, has surveyed people who live nearby large wind turbines.

Among other projects, according to Pop!Tech, she's designing a cheap wind turbine capable of generating enough electricity to charge a cell phone or power LED lighting in Guatemala, where 75 percent of the population lives below the poverty line.

Wind turbines are huge structures, true, as are hydro or solar or nuclear installations, but they pay back the cost in CO2 of their own construction already very early in their useful life.

«Wind turbine loft is a solution that combines living and working environment in a single entity of an unusual atmosphere.

During the relatively short construction interval — which can last from six months to a year, depending on the size and scope of the project — the wind turbines are touched more than at any other time throughout the life of the project.

I made a documentary film for CBC in 2012 called Wind Rush, about the real health hazards of living among wind turbiWind Rush, about the real health hazards of living among wind turbiwind turbines.

The first stated objective of the Waubra Foundation (WF) is to: «Gather, investigate and review complaints of health problems that have been perceived by the complainants as being associated with living or working close to wind turbines or such other industrial sources that may be considered as relevant.»

Health Canada found that health and quality of life were unaffected by nearby wind turbines, some annoyance was found.

In order to increase reliability and service life, there are a number of areas wind turbine owners can address.

Since then, there has been a flood of complaints from people who were unfortunate enough to find themselves living next to large land - based wind turbines elsewhere.

In «Adverse health effects of industrial wind turbines,» a 2013 paper in the magazine of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, Dr. Roy D. Jeffery, Carmen Krogh, and Brett Horner explained, «People who live or work in close proximity to IWTs have experienced symptoms that include decreased quality of life, annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, headache, anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction.»

A significant number of people, who live in proximity to Industrial Wind Turbines, complain about a variety of physical and emotional symptoms.

Stephana had lived for years among the wind turbines in the Cultus - Clear Creek - Frogmore wind power project, developed by AIM PowerGen, and was one of the forst people in Ontario to experience symptoms from exposure to the vibration and noise emissions.

We are now fully aware of the hazards of smoking tobacco but how long before our government stop accepting lobbying from the industry and wake up to the hazards of living near wind turbines?

Wind Concerns Ontario is a province - wide advocacy organization whose mission is to protect the health, safety and quality of life of the people of Ontario from industrial wind turbiWind Concerns Ontario is a province - wide advocacy organization whose mission is to protect the health, safety and quality of life of the people of Ontario from industrial wind turbiwind turbines.

There are more examples of the hypocrisy of the Greens — not only in wind turbines but also in live cattle export business that I am involved in at Portland.

Since his symptoms were so typical and similar to those described by thousands of other individuals living too close to large wind turbines all over the globe, I have attached my testimony for the Senate Health Care Committee and encourage you to review it for its very characteristic description of what it is that this board, I trust, hopes to mitigate by recommending more protective sound standards for these industrial wind installations.

Our research in Ontario documents some individuals living in the environs of wind turbines report experiencing physiological and psychological symptoms, reduced quality of life, degraded living conditions, and adverse social economic impacts.

Product designers need to ensure that materials such as rare earth metals in products ranging from solar panels and wind turbine magnets to mobile phones can still be recovered easily when they reach the end of their life.»

They care nought for the rural neighbours lives turned upside down by wind turbines, victims of their Big Wind mates» Human Rights abuse in the name of profit and grwind turbines, victims of their Big Wind mates» Human Rights abuse in the name of profit and grWind mates» Human Rights abuse in the name of profit and greed.

While there are no global warming emissions associated with operating wind turbines, there are emissions associated with other stages of a wind turbine's life - cycle, including materials production, materials transportation, on - site construction and assembly, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning and dismantlement.

Several migratory tree - living species of bats were being slaughtered «in unprecedented numbers» by wind turbines, said the researcher.

Most estimates of wind turbine life - cycle global warming emissions are between 0.02 and 0.04 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilowatt - hour.

He contrasted the advantages of renewables over nuclear power plants as their ease of decommissioning: there is no long - lived radioactive waste to deal with, and upgrading, for example, offshore wind turbines, is cost - effective because the foundations and infrastructure are already built.

Residents living near a wind farm have reported sheltering in their homes when lumps of ice were thrown from blades from a 410 - ft high turbine near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.

My personal interest in this project is that I'm a wild - life lover, and would very much like to see the end of the huge 3 - blade wind turbines and the wounding and killing of the birds.

In a previous life I had to attend conferences regarding the mechanical design aspects of wind turbines, especially those in an offshore environment.

• Noise generated by wind turbines appears to correlate with lower quality of life scores.

There are also concerns that wind turbine farms — particularly large ones — may disturb migratory birds, and serve as a source of noise pollution for those living and working nearby.

«When properly installed, wind vortex generators energize the flow around a blade's surface and reduce aerodynamic separation, improving the turbine's performance in terms of power, loads and service life.»

This isn't some crusade against a cleaner source of energy, that would be silly to think that people against living in a wind turbine project want dirty air and water.

This is a story about the wind industry and turbine manufacturer, Vestas and the global campaign to counter dissent about the adverse impacts caused by their product to an often ignored minority of people living in rural communities worldwide.

Shell Wind Division recently spent $ 1.5 million dollars apiece for complete wind turbine assemblies that produce one MW during operation at a capacity factor of 27 % for the 8,766 hours each year over its 20 - year life, producing 47 million kWhrs, more or lWind Division recently spent $ 1.5 million dollars apiece for complete wind turbine assemblies that produce one MW during operation at a capacity factor of 27 % for the 8,766 hours each year over its 20 - year life, producing 47 million kWhrs, more or lwind turbine assemblies that produce one MW during operation at a capacity factor of 27 % for the 8,766 hours each year over its 20 - year life, producing 47 million kWhrs, more or less.

This illustrious group of PHD's conclude however, that she proves no causal link between those ill health effects and living near wind turbines.

It is only a matter of time before Australia somewhere suffers a huge loss of property and possibly lives from a fire started by a wind turbine.

In the Australian context with our very inflammable environment right across SE australia where by far the bulk of the turbine farms are located, the almost guaranteed likelihood of turbine nacelle fires might well be a very major and an ultimately disastrous life destroying fault of wind turbines as they begin to age and become more prone to mechanical failure and electrical failures in the nacelles.

The successful delivery of this project will provide a route for substantial financial benefits to both the purchasers of wind turbines and manufacturers, through increased blade life and significantly reduced maintenance costs, as well as a reduction in the cost of energy from offshore wind farms.»

Conduct research on the effects of wind turbines by ACTUALLY speaking to people who LIVE near a turbine and are experiencing symptoms.

All are strong supporters of the wind farm, nearly all of them appear to be in robust good health (despite living and working very close to turbines) and those who have significant health problems do not blame them on the turbines.