Wind energy and wind turbines figures

[Remundo]

And yeah I see that my unearthing of subject arouses interest.

You are all right. The load factor is an important parameter, the price, the ecological risk, the externalities absent, or present and unfunded. The possibility of changing the nacelle and / or the rotor with the same mast to exploit its full potential ...

We can clearly see that what remains for nuclear power is to ensure "the basis" of the French electricity mix at a price falsely interesting because it comes from a economic and environmental dumping, with a financial-lobbyist tendency, it is undeniable.

While waiting for the financial disaster to fizzle out in the bills slowly but surely (+ 5% / year over 15 years is quite likely), and praying that environmental disasters will come as late as possible ...

@+

[moinsdewatt]

The economic weight of offshore wind power represented $ 52.5 billion in 2011 (worldwide).

Market studies show that over the next 5 years the cumulative weight of offshore wind power will be forecast at $ 335 billion.
With an increase of 8% per year.

$ 335 billion-plus to be spent on offshore energy wind through 2016

Over $ 335 billion worth of expenditure is expected over the next five years on offshore wind farm operations and maintenance, according to a new report, The World Offshore Operations & Maintenance Market Forecast 2012-2016, by Douglas-Westwood.

“In 2011, demand for offshore wind turbines operations & maintenance services totaled $ 52.5 billion, having grown at a compound rate of 6.3 percent over the past five years,” said Jenny Harbor, author of the report. “Over the next five years, we expect a greater compound growth of 8 percent, as the market recovers from the effects of the global downturn of 2008-2009. This will be driven by a combination of high oil prices, buoyant offshore development activity, and rampant price inflation for equipment and services. ”

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http://www.evwind.es/noticias.php?id_not=17369

[chatelot16]

we can save the honor of those who chose nuclear power at a time when no other solution existed

for example: to transport electricity from large wind turbines at sea you need long cables underwater high voltage: it is completely impossible in 50Hz: beyond a certain length the capacitive current in the insulators is catastrophic

long distance high voltage submarine cables are only possible thanks to direct current and power electronics ... impossible during the construction of nuclear power plants

so we should not offend those who made the choice of nuclear power: we must make it clear that everything has changed, and that competent people must understand that it is no longer the right solution

the transport of energy in direct current is a good means of increasing the possible distance to put in commum of locally irregular energy, but not so irregular that ca once put in commum

direct current also prevents poorly synchronized network collapses

[moinsdewatt]

The Greneville (Beauce) wind farm covered the consumption of 45.000 people

12 Sept 2013

Next Friday, the Vestas gorupe and VSB Energies Nouvelles will inaugurate the Greneville-en-Beauce park with a production capacity of 24 MW and located 80 km south of Paris, in the Center region, the fourth French region in terms of installed capacity with 692 MW in service.
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http://www.enerzine.com/3/16218+le-parc ... nnes+.html

[moinsdewatt]

Wind power: Inauguration of the new La Salesse park (Tarn)

25 Sep 2013 enerzine

Two years after having signed a contract with EOLE-RES for the supply of an onshore wind farm with 7 wind turbines (16 MW), Siemens has just seen the completion of a long-term project in the Tarn in Midi-Pyrénées.

The new La Salesse park, located in the municipality of Murat-sur-Vèbre, will save 15.460 tonnes of CO2 per year and supply the needs of nearly 23.300 people with renewable electricity each year.

The La Salesse wind farm is a forestry site operated on the one hand by the ONF, in national forests, and on the other hand, by private Forest Groups. The fairly mono-specific character of conifer plantations make this very windy plateau where biodiversity is poorly developed, despite some ecological curiosities such as a bog and a Bear Grapes station, a site conducive to the installation of wind turbines if precautions are taken in this regard.

The seven wind turbines were erected during the year, despite the snow and particularly difficult weather conditions. For César Guardamino, Director of the wind power department of Siemens France, "The fact of seeing these 7 wind turbines erected marks the culmination of a long-term project. It illustrates Siemens France's desire to develop, through industrial partnerships and solid teamwork, value creation and job creation in France. "

The La Salesse wind farm represents the 6th project with EOLE-RES, after several projects in the Languedoc region.

EOLE-RES is the source of nearly 500 megawatts of wind farms and ground-based solar power plants installed or under construction. In France, Siemens specifies that its wind turbine models equip around fifteen onshore wind farms with a cumulative power greater than 300 megawatts.

** On September 20, 2013, Siemens participated in the inauguration of the La Salesse wind farm, in the presence of Mr. Jean-Yves Chiaro, Sous-préfet of Castres, Mr. André Cabrol, President of the Community of Communes of Monts de Lacaune and Mr. Claude Gayraud, Mayor of Murat-sur-Vèbre, and Matthieu Guérard, Director General of EOLE-RES.

http://www.enerzine.com/3/16271+eolien- ... tarn+.html

[moinsdewatt]

This is unprecedented in Spain: wind energy was, throughout 2013, the first source of electricity with 21,1% of production, ahead of nuclear.

For the first time, the wind has been the main source of electricity production in Spain, throughout the past year. According to figures from the electricity transmission system operator, REE, wind energy supplied 21,1% of demand. Just ahead of nuclear power (Spain has 8 reactors in service) which supplied 21% of consumption.

Spain, which generously subsidized renewable energies, before backing up because of the weight of the bill, has the fourth wind farm in the world, in terms of installed power. Wind power generation increased 12% this year, year over year. However, its relative weight in the energy mix is ​​explained, notes REE, by the economic crisis. Electricity demand fell by 2,3% in 2013. Renewable energies being a priority on the network, and not costing in fuel, in this context of lower consumption, energy suppliers are reducing first their coal or gas power stations, as soon as the wind blows and the sun shines.

High weight of green energies

Over the whole year, renewable energies provided 42,4% of demand, 10,5% more than the previous year. Photovoltaics contributed 3,1%. The high weight of green energies is explained by the good performance of hydraulics this year, with 14,4%.

Spanish wind turbines reached their record instantaneous power of the year on February 6, with a peak of 17.056 megawatts (MW), more than the capacity of ten EPR nuclear reactors.

Friday at the start of the afternoon (14 p.m.), according to the REE website, which shows the distribution of direct electricity production, like RTE in France, the wind supplied 30% of Spanish electricity (compared to 27,6% in France), just ahead of coal (3%), nuclear (23,6%) and solar (17,5%).

http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2013 ... spagne.php

[moinsdewatt]

eco2mix
Wind record in France yesterday with 6167 Mw in instant.
Today the park has been over 5000 MW since midnight

I am this day in 59, and it is blowing hard.

[raymon]

Wind record in France yesterday with 6167 Mw in instant.
Today the park has been over 5000 MW since midnight

Spanish wind turbines reached their record instantaneous power of the year on February 6, with a peak of 17.056 megawatts (MW), more than the capacity of ten EPR nuclear reactors.

We are not yet at the level of the Spanish fortunately they are in crisis!

Join the CAN southeast

http://www.coordination-antinucleaire-sudest.org/

[raymon]

This one is not good:

"Despite the very good availability of equipment and the excellent wind energy from which the island benefits, the production of the wind power plant has regularly been restricted by more than 50% of its possibilities by inadequate management of EDF's diesel production resources. "Quadran lamented. “Until recently, EDF under the guise of a“ risk ”for its operation and the“ stability ”of the network (which is far from being the case as evidenced by the“ black out ”of January 4, 2014), and in full period of fuel shortage on the island, has prevented wind turbines from producing while this renewable energy allows Miquelon to reduce its dependence on diesel. "

http://www.enerzine.com/3/16794+eole-mi ... ique+.html

[moinsdewatt]

record 54.8% of Denmark's electricity produced by wind power in December 2013.

But it’s not all year round like that.

Wind energy produced half of Danish electricity

16 / 01 / 2014 Evwind,

A world record 54.8 percent of electricity was produced by wind turbines in December.

Wind energy produced more than half of Denmark's electricity needs during December, which is a world record according to Energi Net.

On average, wind turbines provided 54.8 percent of Danish electricity during December, and 68.5 percent of electricity during the week of the Christmas holiday.

The highest proportion of electricity coming from windmills during a single day was on Saturday, December 21, when wind turbines produced electricity equivalent to 102 percent of Denmark's needs.

Denmark's wind energy capacity of 4,792 MW produced 11.1 billion kilowatt hours of wind energy in 2013, equivalent to 33.2 percent of the electricity Denmark consumed for the year.

But while Denmark holds the record for the proportion of its energy derived from wind turbines, its wind energy capacity is dwarfed by China, which installed 75,564 MW of wind energy in 2012.

http://www.evwind.es/2014/01/16/wind-en ... city/41765