600 KW Wind Turbine at Newburyport, MA compared with 600 KW UMPI Turbine
There hasn't been much data reporting or electricity production going on at the UMPI wind turbine for the past few months. So we got a little restless and decided to visit the website of another 600 KW wind turbine - this one in Newburyport, MA.
http://www.markrichey.com/our_facility/wind-turbine-generator.cfm
Since the UMPI wind turbine just turned two years old, we thought it would make sense to look at two years of reported data from Newburyport. So we looked at the two year period, June 2009-May 2011.
As can be seen below, the Newburyport turbine performed at a capacity factor of 14.1% during this two year period. This is somewhat higher than the UMPI turbine's two year observed capacity factor of 10.6%.
On the other hand, one would expect that a turbine in Newburyport would produce more than a turbine in Presque Isle because it's windier in Newburyport.
As can also be seen below, Caribou, ME, which is near Presque Isle has a historical average wind speed that is only 81% of the historical average wind speed of Boston, which is near Newburyport.
It is refreshing to be able to see both the UMPI and Newburyport data as the wind industry obfuscates its production data under the guise of confidentiality. They make huge promises based on nameplate rating and make claims about powering "X" number of homes. But those are all just promises used to sell themselves to a trusting public. The reality is that the wind industry's turbines' capacity factors are very similar to what is observed at UMPI and Newburyport.
We know the turbines create tremendous negative impact. Such impact needs to be evaluated within the context of actual benefit, not industry-falsified grossly overstated electricity production figures.
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Comment by Deborah Divine on June 8, 2011 at 2:31pm
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Thank you so much for the information. I have not been able to find this type of information, but knew it had to exist somewhere.
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Thank you,LI. As of yesterday, UMPI's "full data information" software was still not working-about76 days, now.
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Very well stated and documented. Thank you LI!!!
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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/
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