Soon to be the one year anniversary of UMPI's Wind Turbine

There is now less than one month to the one year anniversary of the UMPI turbine that was commissioned on 5/15/09. Based on a straight line projection of the 554,767 KWH produced to date, the 1,000,000 KWH expectation appears to be 66% above the first year's projected production.

It looks as though it's at 11% of capacity. That's a lot lower than the 100% capacity figures the wind industry likes to mislead us with when it is trying to justify blowing up ridgetops and mountaintops.

To read more, please go to:
http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/umpi-please-provide-project

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Comment by Joanne Moore on April 18, 2010 at 3:33pm
So how long will it take for this boondoggle to start paying for itself?
Comment by Long Islander on April 18, 2010 at 1:08pm
The annual output projection has dropped to below 600,000 KWH



Comment by Long Islander on April 16, 2010 at 1:26pm
Here is a link to a blog I just posted where I have included the actual Excel file for the UMPI Wind Turbine scorecard. Anyone who wishes can download the file there and follow along. I have it protected, but there's no password, so anyone can remove the protection on their downloaded copy should they wish to further develop.

http://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/umpi-wind-turbine-score...

Frank, with regard to your question below, I have not sent this to any reporters. It will be interesting to see whether there is press coverage commemorating the one year mark, including an inventory of lessons learned. Given the environmental impact the wind industry has planned for Maine, I believe an actual gimpse at real electricity production (as opposed to empty industry hype) represents a very significant piece of learning that should be seized upon, and which may call into question much of the information that has gone into decision making at various levels of government.

Your other questions are great and if you or anyone wishes to contact UMPI's Donald Zillman directly on these, he can be contacted at:

donald.zillman@umpi.edu
(207) 768-9525
Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 16, 2010 at 12:33pm
Interesting?....but Green Marketeers are only trained to obscure the facts; not reveal them. Transparency and accountability are not taught at UMPI.
Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on April 16, 2010 at 12:26pm
Nice job doing the forecasts...11% of capacity, that's a lot less than the EURO studies of off shore turbines that ranged between 33% and 25%; the expectation was about 20% of the faceplate and about what I would have predicted.

have you sent this to TUX TURKEL, Maine Biz, John Kerry, etc.?

This is just output; then there are the maintenance and operational expenses...how many climbs at what cost; how much downtime for maintenance, oil changes, etc.;how many observations of pitting, vibration, etc.?

Is this mill braked down or furled when wind speed exceeds rated capacity, i.e. 35 mph is std.?

Is icing a problem? Dead bird counts at base?
Comment by Peter Fisher on April 16, 2010 at 12:03pm
It might be interesting to have the overall costs of the project to see the cost p kh

 

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