New facts about rigging data for excessive wind energy Tax credit's part 3
The US Energy Information Agency (EIA) data pertaining to wind energy production is greatly inflated. As I had reported earlier about the claimed wind energy produced in America, which relates to the capacity factor of installed wind farms changed dramatically in 2005. From 2005 forward the wind industry's energy production had magically increased and capacity factor reported to be in the range of 30-35% for every turbine in America. What all this means is that this industry may have received as billions in PTC over payments going back to 2005.
Here are some new facts. For the EIA energy production numbers to be true America's wind turbines would have to be producing with a capacity factor of about 31.5%. All of Europe's turbines are listed as having a capacity factor in the range of 20%.
I also looked up the installed capacity and wind energy production numbers for California going back to 2001. http://energyalmanac.ca.gov/electricity/electric_generation_capacit... What I found was that California's wind energy production per installed MW capacity has declined. In 2001 the turbines were claimed to be producing with a capacity factor of 24%. But in 2013 the reported energy shows a capacity factor of 23%. Even so both figures are still far below the figures give out by the EIA and CA accounts for about 1/5 of the nations installed wind energy. Remember that production tax credits are being paid by the billions from the energy claimed to have been produced at wind farms and these credits also do not take into consideration the tremendous amount of energy used by these wind facilities. Keeping these green renewable energy credits I will finish with a juicy tidbit. Today I came across a document stating that from June 2001- June 2002 Enron was paid wind energy production credits on wind energy numbers 3 times the CA figures claiming an impossible 71% capacity factor.
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Comment by Frank J. Heller, MPA on March 26, 2015 at 9:39am
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Repayment of excess energy credits?
This has the makings of a huge lawsuit and that should get large law firms very interested as well as appropriate elements of the Federal and State govt.
I cannot find daily output reports of Maine wind farms. EIA is relatively easy to find stuff, the New England grid is obtuse and jargon laden.
How do we monitor the daily output?
For example, give the high winds of the past few week that exceeded turbine capacities they would(?) be locked down, halting production. True or not? If true then how much was NOT PRODUCED during high wind periods and how is this measured?
Petition the PUC for transparency or 'buyers'?
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Comment by Penny Gray on March 26, 2015 at 8:51am
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Wow. Thanks for posting.
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