Another example of Wind industry slime and deception with golden eagles the big losers - see images
In the past Altamont has averaged about 5000 installed turbines in service with total installed capacity for this wind resource area said to be 580 MW. As anyone can see from the information presented below, the 580 MW rating is completely meaningless. The industry is using this vague and arbitrary "installed capacity" rating to greatly expand the Altamont Wind Resource Area without telling the public. The industry is also using these bogus numbers to boost the reported rated capacity of the industry's turbines.
With a total of 280 2.3 MW turbines installed at Altamont, the total rotor sweep (Sq feet calculations) of Altamont could equal that of 9882 KCS 56/100 turbines or 23,837 of the early Fayette turbines that were used in the past. Altamont is well on its way to increasing its total square foot rotor sweep by 2-3 times, especially with 3 MW or larger turbines thrown in the mix. When total rotor sweep is calculated in cubic feet, the rotor sweep increases of Altamont could increase 3-5 times when compared to the rotor sweep of the turbines installed in the 1980's and early 1990's.
All this information is important because the big loser in this wind industry deception are all the poor eagles and birds being slaughtered by the industry's increasing rotor sweep. When calculated in just sq feet turbine sweep represents only a 2 dimensional picture of a turbines rotor sweep, like looking straight on at a paper plate. Early wind turbine blade are shaped more like a flat knife. The new massive wind turbine have blades are hollow, much thicker and much deeper than the early turbine blades. These blades take up far more air space and there is an increased 3 dimensional danger from these blades to eagles with their increased volume and curvature. All this increased rotor sweep is being being completely ignored. But without exact dimensions from the industry it is only a guess how many more cubic feet these blades sweep possess when compared to early turbine blades. My guess is that the cubic meter killing sweep of each of these 2.3 MW turbines is 50-100 times greater than a single 56/100 turbine. Look close at the turbine blade differences in the images below. If Altamont sneaks in the proposed 3 MW turbines all these eagle killing rotor sweep numbers will be far greater.
Google buys Altamont wind energy to power Googleplex
"That problem is expected to lessen with the new machines, which will be more carefully situated, far fewer in number and spin at higher elevations. NextEra's new project, called Golden Hills Wind, lies just south of I-580 and is part of a much larger initiative to decommission more than 4,000 turbines on the Altamont and repower the hills with up to 280 more bird-friendly machines." http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_27503195/google-buys-altamon...;
Altamont past and present wind turbine blade swept- Meters per one rated kW
KCS 56/100kW.................square meters swept per one kW 2.27 At one time there were 3500 of these turbines installed at Altamont
Flowind 56/150..................square meters swept per one kW 1.73 Vertical axis turbines have a different sweep pattern total is 260 sq meters.
Flowind 56/250.................. square meters swept per one kW 1.36 Vertical axis turbines have a different sweep pattern total 340 sq meters.
Windmaster 200kW.......... square meters swept per one kW 1.89
Windmaster 250kW.......... square meters swept per one kW 1.68
Windmaster 300kW...........square meters swept per one kW 1.63
Kenetch KVS 400kW..........square meters swept per one kW 2.12
Danregn/Bonus 150kW......square meters swept per one kW 2.80 Few of these were installed at Altamont
Howden 330kW.................square meters swept per one kW 2.12
Fayette 75kW ..................square meters swept per one kW 1.05 At one time there were 222 of these turbines were installed
Fayette 95kW .................. square meters swept per one kW 0.99 At one time there were 1202 of these early turbines installed at Altamont
Vestas 660kW.................. square meters swept per one kW 2.62 These eagle killing turbines were used to replace 148 FloWind (150kW) turbines and 21 Flowind (250 kW) vertical axis turbines. These were non eagle killing turbines. With these Vestas turbines, 45546 sq meters of eagle safe rotor sweep became 53756 square meters of new eagle slaughter. The New Generation Altamont turbines
Mitsubishi 1000kW........... square meters swept per one kW 2.96
Suzlon 2100kW.................. square meters swept per one kW 3.52 when compared to the KCS 56/100 this turbine is equivalent to a 3.25 MW turbine
Siemens 2300kW ............. square meters swept per one kW 3.48 99 Siemens 2.3 MW turbines equal the total rotor sweep of 3500 KCS 56/100kW turbines or 8392 Fayette 95kW turbines. In other words a Siemens 2.3 MW turbine is really a 3.5 MW turbine when compared to the KCS 56/100.
Suzlon 3300kW..................square meters swept per one kW 3.54
With a 122 meter blade diameter the Suzlon 3 .0 MW turbine is really a 5.1 MW wind turbine when compared to the KCS 56-100. The KCS 56/100 has been the Altamont workhorse for about 25 years. The Suzlon 3 .0 MW turbine has a 11684 square meter rotor sweep or the equivalent of 51 KCS 56-100 turbines with 227 square meters each. It takes 70 of these turbines to equal 3500 KCS 56/100kW turbines or 8392 Fayette 95kW turbines. In other words a Siemens 3 MW turbine is really a 5.1 MW turbine when compared to the kcs56/100
When looking at this image it is easy to understand the three dimensional dangers these blades pose for eagles. Over 100 of the KCS 56-100 blades from an early 100 kW turbine can easily fit inside one of the huge blades from a 2.3 MW turbine. This particular blade happens to be from a larger turbine and I would estimate that 300-400 of the KCS 56-100 blades could actually fit inside.
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Comment by Jim Wiegand on January 5, 2016 at 5:24pm
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Had an interview with a National News source today concerning wind industry fraud and the concealment of eagle carcasses. We will see if the info gets out. As for the use of the bird safe FloDesign turbine, the longer it stays on the back burner the more money the industry rakes in. And if you own it, you do not have to produce it.
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Comment by Barbara Durkin on January 5, 2016 at 1:24pm
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Thank you, Jim W., for all the work you're doing to defend wildlife harmed by wind turbines!!!
My comment has less to do with what model turbines developers use, but more to do with what business model Enron uses.
Please take a look at OGIN INC., repowering Altamont, and the story of their shrouded wind turbine.
Did they file for bankruptcy protection back in the 1970s?
Are they now dumping their junk, intellectual property of Montenegrin, funded (multi-millions), by U.S. citizens, in CA?
FloDesign Inc., and FlowDesign Wind Turbine Corp., is a Massachusetts Foreign Corporation(s) with a name change during November of 2013 to “Ogin Inc.” based in the Netherlands; and, New Dimension Energy Company, LLC (NDEC) a California Foreign Limited Liability Company (LLC) and subsidiary of Ogin, Inc.
Note OGIN subsidiary is New Dimension Energy-, and that-
Alphabiota Environmental Consulting, LLC (AEC) understands that New Dimension
Energy Company (NDEC, Project Applicant) is proposing the repower of wind energy
facility within the Alameda County portion of the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area
(APWRA
http://www.altamontsrc.org/alt_doc/deir/App_D_Spring-2013_BotSurvey...
RED FLAG-
My research shows two federal stimulus $8,325,400 awards to two different Congressional Districts, to two versions of FloDesign, each having a separate DUNS (company ID) number.
RED FLAG-
MassCEC also granted FloDesign $3 million in grants while Ian Bowles served as Advisor to FloDesign while serving as MA Executive Secretary of Energy and Environment and as Chairman of the MassCEC under the MA Deval Patrick Administration.
During 2010, Ian Bowles, Founding Chairman and acting Chairman of the Board of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, MassCEC, granted FloDesign $3 million, including a 5-year $700,000 forgivable loan, and $1.7 million from MassCEC’s Renewable Energy Trust. The term expired in 2015...but the debt is Flow Wind now Ogins's???
But Ogin (greed) came back for more (graft)!
During November of 2013 FloDesign changed their name to Ogin. MassCEC then granted a share of $2.3 million to Ogin.
2014
Since 2010, MassCEC has provided over $2.3 million in matching funds to seven Massachusetts-based ARPA-E awardees, including 1366 Technologies, Ogin, FastCAP, MIT and INFINIUM. Awardees have gone on to raise more than $290 million in additional funding, and hire more than 280 employees.
While Ogin Intellectual Property is listed in the “Official Gazette of the Montenegrin Intellectual Property Office’ 2014/15. http://www.ziscg.me/doc/Glasnik_15.pdf
What relationship exists between FlOWIND that operated wind plants in San Rafael, CA (shrouded wind turbines) and FlOWIND, FLODESIGN, or OGIN (shrouded wind turbines)?
Subject: Wind Energy Weekly #754
Sent: 10/3/97 12:47 PM
Received: 10/4/97 7:54 AM
From: Tom Gray, tomgray@igc.apc.org
To: Recipients of conference, mlist.windnews@conf.igc.apc.org
FLOWIND CORP. FILES FOR
BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION
FloWind Corp., a major wind plant operator based in San
Rafael, Calif., said in a statement that it has filed for
protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code due to "difficulties in liquidating its wind turbine
inventories or repowering or selling its wind power plants
in a timely fashion."
The company said it had accumulated an inventory of
components for the AWT-27 wind turbine (designed and
produced by a subsidiary, Advanced Wind Turbines, Inc.)
after receiving an order from customers in India, but that
the customers subsequently proved "unable to make required
payments.
"Subsequent attempts to sell this inventory to
alternative buyers have been frustrated by the absence of
international trade financing competitive with the
concessionary financing and trade support offered by foreign
competitors," the company said, adding, "Approximately 20
AWT turbines are operating in India and two in China. The
wind turbines are operating as warranted and are considered
reliable and cost-effective."
FloWind said it expects to use the balance of the AWT
inventory to supply turbines for the 25-MW wind project
planned by the Conservation and Renewable Energy System
(CARES), a consortium of several public utilities, in
Washington.
The company said it has attempted to sell its Tehachapi wind plant in recent months, but has been unable to finalize a sale.
It added, "Immediately prior to the Chapter 11 filing,
FloWind entered into a codevelopment arrangement with a
European turbine manufacturer and its construction partner
to fully develop its Altamont and Tehachapi wind power
plants. This arrangement is expected to be finalized over
the next 18 months.
"The repowering and sale of its existing California
wind power plants, with the aid and credibility of its
codevelopment partner, will allow FloWind to emerge as a
vital contributor to the international wind energy
community."
http://www.txses.org/wew/wew_754.txt
ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF REPORT
TO:
EAST COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS
HEARING DATE:
MARCH 27, 2014
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GENERAL INFORMATION
APPLICATION:
Sand Hill Wind Project
,
Conditional Use Permit, PLN2013
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00013(Initial Repower only)
APPLICANT:
Sand Hill Wind, LLC, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of New Dimension Energy Company, LLC (NDEC), which is a subsidiary of Ogin, Inc. (formerly FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp.).
PROPOSAL:
To repower existing wind farm facilities with 40 shrouded wind
turbines.
http://www.acgov.org/cda/planning/landuseprojects/documents/Final_S...
Flo-Design CFO Matthew Commons held several positions at Enron. (surprise, surprise)
Matthew Commons
CFO, FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp
Wind Power PanelistMatthew Commons is Chief Financial Officer for FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp., which manufactures high efficiency utility-scale shrouded wind turbines. He is responsible for financial management, business development and strategic planning. He has worked with renewable technologies since 2001 in positions at Enron, American Electric Power, LS Power Equity Advisors and The NorthBridge Group. His experience includes development, financing, and power sales agreements for over 500 MW of wind resources.
http://greenovationconference.com/conference-info/speaker_bios.cfm
Ogin (of Denmark) provides Flo-Design (CEO) Matthew Common’s Email @ FloDesign Wind Turbine FDWT: mcommons@fdwt.com and provides the company address as:
Papirfabrikken 28
8600 Silkeborg
8600
Denmarkhttp://www.renewableuk.com/en/membership/member-directory.cfm/compa...
http://visulate.com/rental/visulate_search.php?CORP_ID=N14000005929
The Public has been forced to fund the killing of birds and bats, not to mention adverse public health impacts, for the perpetuation of the Enron business model, sWINDle.
A very comprehensive article from spring 2013 reveals an uphill battle for Flo-Design--TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO OGIN with intellectual property owned by Montenegrin !!!
http://www.fastcompany.com/3014820/flodesigns-jet-engine-turbine-wi...
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Comment by Penny Gray on January 5, 2016 at 9:25am
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There's no such thing as a bird friendly wind turbine. How can people buy that BS? Are they the same people who believe in clean coal? When did critical thinking become a crime?
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A very quiet but humming future lies ahead with these monsters.
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Comment by Pineo Girl on January 4, 2016 at 7:40pm
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Jim - am awaiting information from LUPC on bird kills at Bull Hill Project. The neighboring Weaver wind project has been on hold because of Bird kills - I knew something was wrong 2 years before the state announced there were too many bird kills. I used to listen to the songbirds at our lake cottage every morning - And then the singing stopped! It breaks my heart!
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
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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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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law
Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future
"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."
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