Global warming, climate change, all these things are just a dream come true for politicians. I deal with evidence and not with frightening computer models because the seeker after truth does not put his faith in any consensus. The road to the truth is long and hard, but this is the road we must follow. People who describe the unprecedented comfort and ease of modern life as a climate disaster, in my opinion have no idea what a real problem is.
The Guardian is reporting that the company building the Green Volt floating wind farm off the Scottish coast wants to buy the wind turbines from Mingyang, China’s biggest offshore wind company.
The 400 MW project will supply power deliver electricity to oil and gas platforms, replacing power currently generated by gas and diesel turbines, as well as supplying the UK grid at the obscenely high, guaranteed price of £201.97/MWh.
The Guardian reports:
An industry source said the UK did not currently have the heavy manufacturing capability to produce the turbines domestically. “They have tried to get European manufacturers to no avail,” the source said of Green Volt”.
Plenty of green jobs then, but in China, not here!
The bigger the wind turbine, the better the production and the economics. Hence, they’re scaling up to ludicrous proportions. MingYang Smart Energy
The new turbine proposed for 2025 by MingYang, according to Bloomberg, will have a peak output of 22 MW, and a rotor diameter over 310 m (1,017 ft) and will be taller than New York’s 319-m (1,047-ft), 77-story Chrysler Tower, or the 324-m (1,063-ft) Eiffel Tower in Paris . This wonderful new human experience means more dead whales, more dead birds and more dead bats.
Wind turbines just keep getting bigger – the MingYang MySE 18.X-28X will rise out of the ocean higher than a 70-story building MingYang
In the race for “free” but random energy, or perhaps for bigger status symbols, China set a new record in July with a 16MW wind tower with a rotor diameter of an awesome 853 feet (260m). It’s a bird mincer one quarter of a kilometer across. But already plans are being drawn up for an even bigger one.
Imagine something as tall as New York’s Chrysler building, but spinning. China’s Mingyang Smart Energy has announced plans for a colossal 22-megawatt offshore wind turbine, and standing in its presence will be an unprecedented human experience.
The new turbine proposed for 2025 by MingYang, according to Bloomberg, will have a peak output of 22 MW, and a rotor diameter over 310 m (1,017 ft), corresponding to a swept area of at least 75,477 sq m (812,425 sq ft, 14.1 NFL football fields, 60 olympic swimming pools), minus hub.
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