Oilman Explores Wind Power
First off, thanks to everyone who commented on our opening post. We appreciate your interest and look forward to some interesting discussions.
We have a lot of interest in renewable energy and found it interesting that Texas oil guru T. Boone Pickens is looking at wind power. A recent proposal to landowners reveals a plan for as many as 2000 turbines with a production capacity of 2000 to 4000 megawatts.
Imagine a Texas landscape better known for windmills than oil derricks…
And I wouldn’t bet against him. I saw Mr. Pickens during an informal Q&A at an alternative fuels conference last year and he has no plans to slow down.
- Michael Taylor
June 25, 2007
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9 Responses to “Oilman Explores Wind Power”
Most all the modern windmills are permanently installed. I wonder if it would add much to the cost to make them “re-deployable”.
In this way, the windmills could be moved to better wind-bearing sites as weather patterns change, and be moved away from sites that get noise complaints from neighbors. (Not to mention discovery of “endangered” species after windmill installation)
I only mention this due to the fate of a few of the windmill farms in other states, such as California. Noise complaints and endangered habitat hasn’t stopped wind farming, but there are places where windmill projects have been abandoned. Dismantling the older-style windmills and relocating them is not cost-effective due to a number of factors.
An interesting website to learn more about “do-it-yourself” windfarming is http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_wind.html
Hi Michael,
See you in Steyr this weekend, have a safe (and unfortunately long) trip.
Best regards,
Florin
Yes Florin, I am looking forward to seeing everyone in Steyr. It should be a great event.
What does “Oilman Explores Wind Power” have to do with Segways?
Also, what or where is Steyr? Is it Segway related?
Steyr, Austria is the location of the second gathering of Segway enthusiasts in Europe, which is taking place this weekend.
“The Last Mile” will have a lot of Segway specific content, but we also want to highlight developments in the fields of transportation, energy and product design that are relevant.
As an electric device we are particularly interested in ways to reduce emissions in power generation. The cleaner the fuel mix that goes into electric generation, the greater the emissions reduction by replacing a car journey with a Segway PT.
I’d say that people who complain about the noise should be the ones to move, not the windmills which were placed, most likely, after careful surveys of wind activity. They should have known or been warned about the windmills before they moved close to them, or they simply were out-voted on the referendum to install them.
I’ve always liked the concept of wind power–even the wind farms off of Cape Cod. They should be installed where they will be most effective.
The lesser of two evils would, in my opinion, be the sound of windmills over fossil fuel-related pollution.
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article Oilman Explores Wind Power, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
Wind power is good although it looks a bit bulkier compared to solar cells. i am trying to build a small wind generator at home too.
Wind Power is one of the best alternative energy sources that we should utilize, it is very clean and non-polluting. I built a small wind generator at home which can power small appliances.
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