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Chockstone Forum - General Discussion
General Climbing Discussion
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OT: Moorabal/Lal Lal wind farm |
2-Sep-2009 At 9:11:21 PM |
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On 2/09/2009 pete05 wrote:
>evan i just looked into the pumped storage at kangaroo valley and as i
>expected they are using electricity from coal to pump with.
>The placement of wind turbines near dams is possible, but it would need
>to be on the grid or close to it, to make it viable.
>The other problem is that most of the decent dams are in valleys where
>wind is limited.
>None the less the idea has merit, but why would you use expensive wind
>produced power when you could use cheaper power from another source to
>pump with? and what if the wind isnt blowing when you want to pump?
You're miles off the pace. You don't ever 'want to pump'; you pump when there's excess electricity. It doesn't matter where the farms are WRT the storage, you can transmit electricity long distances, through wires and stuff. |
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