UMPI turbine posts new data
The UMPI turbine site has just posted a new power production figure::
Since mid-November of 2011, the turbine produced 302,150 kWh for UMPI.
That's 164 days, an average of 1,842 kWh per day.
302,150 kWh divided by 164 gives an average of 1,842 kwh per day produced since it was fixed.
It is a 600 kw turbine; 600 kw X 24 hours is 14,400 kWh per day "installed capacity".
1,842 kWh (recorded average daily power production) divided by 14,400 kWh (installed capacity) gives a "capacity factor" of 12.7%
Winter is usually the windiest part of the year. Remember, Pres Zillman said he expected the turbine, which was not operating for many months last year, would be fixed for the coming wind season! Well, this was it.
Harrison Roper Houlton/Danforth
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Comment by Brad Blake on May 4, 2012 at 10:38pm
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Shouldn't there be a blaring front page headline in the Bangor Daily "UMPI Wind Turbine Posts Huge Increase in Output"? Break out the UMPI Marching Band? The now-deposed UMPI Pres. Zillman running around screaming "I told you it would work!"
NOT!!!
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Comment by Harrison Roper on May 4, 2012 at 9:44pm
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CORRECTION! My comment a few minutes ago should have read at the end, of the last sentence:
"a miniscule Capacity Factor of 5%, or .05. Sorry about that.
H. Roper
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An addendum to the UMPI turbine update: According to the website, the turbine was not generating power at all from February 19, 2011until mid-November of 2011, and therefore the 302,150 kWh reported May 7, 2012 represents a full year of production. Re-calculating the Capacity Factor for the full year yields a daily output of 827.8 kWh per day average, a miniscule Capacity Factor of .05% !
I have been in contact with the new President of UMPI, and she expects a more complete report on the turbine will be posted in the late summer.
H. Roper Houlton/Danforth
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Comment by Hart Daley on May 4, 2012 at 8:12pm
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Proof is in the pudding......PERIOD!
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Comment by Bob Sousa on May 4, 2012 at 6:05pm
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All the way up to 12%, to the wind scammers that's probably a success
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You were expecting more? Big Industrial Wind is not predictable or reliable, it is a failed energy system. Big Industrial Wind = Corporate Welfare.
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Comment by Long Islander on May 4, 2012 at 5:34pm
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See: "8/3/11 - A Brief History of University of Maine's $2 Million Wind Turbine Experiment (49 page PDF document)" located at:
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The three year anniversary is coming up on May 14th.
What is project to date production? Likely in the single digits. What are the true costs to date? What does First Wind's Kurt Adams say given he kick started this disaster with a check of $50,000 from his PUC, i.e., our money.
The University promised transparency and all we have gotten is cover-up and candy coating.
Donald Zillman
Title: President
Office Location: 122 Preble Hall
Phone: (207) 768-9525
Email: donald.zillman@umpi.edu
With Dr. Zillman soon gone, what will his his successor, Dr. Schott say?
http://www.umpi.edu/files/president-search/candidates/schott-cv.pdf
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