"Blown Away: The People Vs Wind Power" A Tucker Carlson Film
"Blown Away: The People Vs Wind Power" is a captivating episode of #TuckerCarlson Originals that sheds light on the destructive effects of #windenergy. Tucker Carlson and his team go on a journey across America to uncover the hidden costs and environmental impacts of the wind power scam. In this eye-opening episode, Carlson and his production crew reveal the true human cost of wind energy. They discover that wind turbines have the potential to devastate wildlife and, consequently, people's livelihoods. It's shocking to learn that #windturbines kill numerous endangered animals, especially birds. In fact, the Obama and Biden administrations even granted waivers to wind companies, exempting them from the Endangered Species Act. Lisa Linowes, an expert on the #environmentalimpact of large-scale wind energy development, highlights the vulnerability of bats to turbines. The high-speed rotation of turbine blades creates pressure vortexes that can cause bats' lungs to explode while flying. This is a significant concern as bats play a crucial role in farming and the ecosystem, and their population is now at risk of extinction.
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Comment by Willem Post on December 27, 2023 at 7:01am
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US/UK 66,000 MW OF OFFSHORE WIND BY 2030; AN EXPENSIVE FANTASY
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/biden-30-000-mw-of-off...
EXCERPT:
US Grid Investments, US Generation fed to grid, Wind, Solar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_of_the_United_States
When wind and solar totaled 8% in 2018, little additional grid investments were required
However, increasing wind and solar to 13.5% in 2022, grid investments were 89/65 = 37% higher. See table
Year
CAPEX
CAPEX Incr.
US Gen
Wind
Wind
Solar
Solar
$billion
%
TWh
TWh
%
TWh
%
2016
63
4137
227
5.49
36
0.87
2017
65
4091
254
6.21
53
1.30
2018
65
4223
272
6.44
64
1.52
2019
71
9
4167
296
7.10
72
1.73
2020
77
18
4045
338
8.33
89
2.20
2021
83
28
4149
378
9.12
115
2.78
2022
89
37
4272
434
10.17
144
3.37
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Comment by Dan McKay on December 27, 2023 at 6:26am
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Apparently the Maine distribution systems of CMP and Versant are near or beyond the point of saturation due to distributed solar. I have heard concerns of higher than normal voltage reading on CMP and Versant lines.
The Maine legislature is considering a battery storage bill that would have CMP and Versant involved with owning and operating storage.
Keeping in mind the Net Energy Billing and Tariff Rate Programs, how will this scam affect the ratepayers?
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Woke Bureaucrats and Legislators are kept stupid by Lobbyists
They are being told batteries will be coming to the rescue to counteract variable wind and solar outputs, and provide electricity when the sun does not shine and the wind does not blow.
Here are some calculations to blow your socks off.
ISO-NE makes such calculations as well, but it fudges the numbers, makes ridiculous assumptions regarding $/kWh delivered, losses, lifetimes and throughputs to make the numbers look good.
BATTERY SYSTEM CAPITAL COSTS, OPERATING COSTS, ENERGY LOSSES, AND AGING
https://www.windtaskforce.org/profiles/blogs/battery-system-capital...
Example of Turnkey Cost of Large-Scale, Megapack Battery System, 2023 pricing
The system consists of 50 Megapack 2, rated 45.3 MW/181.9 MWh, 4-h energy delivery
Power = 50 Megapacks x 0.979 MW x 0.926, Tesla design factor = 45.3 MW
Energy = 50 Megapacks x 3.916 MWh x 0.929, Tesla design factor = 181.9 MWh
Estimate of supply by Tesla, $90 million, or $495/kWh. See URL
Estimate of supply by Others, $14.5 million, or $80/kWh
All-in, turnkey cost about $575/kWh; 2023 pricing
https://www.tesla.com/megapack/design
https://cms.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2022-03-21_15-28-46.png?itok=lxTa2SlF
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/tesla-hikes-megapack-prices-commodity-inflation-soars
Annual Cost of Megapack Battery Systems; 2023 pricing
Assume a system rated 45.3 MW/181.9 MWh, and an all-in turnkey cost of $104.5 million, per Example 2
Amortize bank loan for 50% of $104.5 million at 6.5%/y for 15 years, $5.462 million/y
Pay Owner return of 50% of $104.5 million at 10%/y for 15 years, $6.738 million/y (10% due to high inflation)
Lifetime (Bank + Owner) payments 15 x (5.462 + 6.738) = $183 million
Assume battery daily usage for 15 years at 10%, and losses at 19%
Battery lifetime output = 15 y x 365 d/y x 181.9 MWh x 0.1, usage x 1000 kWh/MWh = 99,590,250 kWh to HV grid
(Bank + Owner) payments, $183 million / 99,590,250 kWh = 183.8 c/kWh
Less 50% subsidies (ITC, depreciation in 5 years, deduction of interest on borrowed funds) is 91.9c/kWh
At 10% usage, (Bank + Owner) cost, 91.9 c/kWh
At 40% usage, (Bank + Owner) cost, 23.0 c/kWh
Excluded costs/kWh: 1) O&M; 2) system aging, 1.5%/y, 3) system loss from HV grid to HV grid, 3) grid extension/reinforcement to connect the battery systems, 5) downtime of parts of the system, 6) decommissioning in year 15, i.e., disassembly, reprocessing and storing at hazardous waste sites.
NOTE 1: The 40% usage is close to Tesla’s recommendation of 60% usage, i.e., not charging above 80% and not discharging below 20%. Tesla’s recommendation was not heeded be owners of the Hornsdale Power Reserve. They added Megapacks to offset rapid aging of the original system and added more Megapacks to increase the rating of the expanded system.
NOTE 2: Aerial photos of large-scale battery systems with many Megapacks, show many items of equipment, other than the Tesla supply, such as step-down/step-up transformers, switchgear, connections to the grid, land, access roads, fencing, security, site lighting, i.e., the cost of the Tesla supply is only one part of the battery system cost at a site.
NOTE 3: Battery system turnkey capital costs and electricity storage costs likely will be much higher in 2023 and future years, than in 2021 and earlier years, due to: 1) increased inflation rates, 2) increased interest rates, 3) supply chain disruptions, which delay projects and increase costs, 4) increased energy prices, such as of oil, gas, coal, electricity, etc., 5) increased materials prices, such as of tungsten, cobalt, lithium, copper, manganese, etc., 6) increased labor rates.
NOTE 4: If a 24-h system is desired, each parallel train would have 10 units x 4 h/unit x 0.6, Tesla limit = 24 hours
Ten, 4-h Megapacks, in series, would be required!!Above example would have 50 x 6 = 300 Megapacks.
Tesla design factors would apply. See articleNOTE 5: World cobalt production was 142,000 and 170,000 metric ton, in 2020 and 2021, respectively, of which the Democratic Republic of the Congo was 120,000 metric ton in 2021
https://www.kitco.com/news/2022-02-02/Global-cobalt-production-hits-record-in-2021-as-mined-cobalt-output-in-DR-Congo-jumps-22-4.html
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Tucker's expose is certainly welcome. Many people can now learn what we at the Citizens Task Force on Wind Power have known for 15 years. The noise, the bird and whale deaths, the loss of quality of life, the corruption of local and state governments. Tucker resides in western Maine, but is he aware of the manipulation and lies developers like Angus King used to exploit the economically depressed Western Maine people?The people of Roxbury, the people of Carthage and Canton, Dixfield, Woodstock, Milton Plantation Bryon were targeted ferociously by greedy wealth seekers, Cashmasn of Patriots Renewables said wind power was clean energy that will make him a lot of money. Steve Thurston's " The Untold Story of Record Hill Wind" is a milestone report that discloses all the slime.
Maine as Third World Country:
CMP Transmission Rate Skyrockets 19.6% Due to Wind Power
Click here to read how the Maine ratepayer has been sold down the river by the Angus King cabal.
Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT
******** IF LINKS BELOW DON'T WORK, GOOGLE THEM*********
(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."
https://pinetreewatch.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/
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