Stetson II and Harvard
It is good that attention is being paid to Harvard's purchased interest in Stetson II. Here are some hard facts - let's see if Harvard cites these uncomfortable figures:
According to FERC's quarterly summaries, Stetson II (when construction was completed) produced 10 GWH in the third quarter of 2010 and 20 GWH in the fourth quarter of 2010.
The installed capacity of Stetson II is 57 GWH per quarter. That's 30 GWH produced for the half year; installed capacity for the period was 110 GWH. This as a Capacity Factor of 30 divided by 110, or .27. The following full year, 2011, Steston II produced a total of 60 GWH. That's a CF of 220 divided by 60, or Capacity Factor of (again) .27. For the first quarter of 2012 FERC reports 14 GWH produced, a Capacity Factor of .25.
Wind promoters likes to cite things like "an reliability record of 97 %." But what good is a turbine, however reliable it is, if the wind simply does not blow? I live in northern Maine, and much of the time I look out the window at 100-year old treetops that are essentially stationary.
I am waiting for Harvard to compare Stetson II's power production record to their touted goal of providing 10% of Harvard's campus power needs with "green" power. How about it, Harvard? Have you done your homework? What grade do you give yourself?
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Comment by Harrison Roper on November 30, 2013 at 5:18pm
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Maybe one of our members is a Harvard alumnus and could get someone at that venerable institution to pay attention to this.
HR
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Comment by alice mckay barnett on June 27, 2012 at 8:49pm
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ty for sharing love u
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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
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"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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