WIND ENERGY is extremely efficient

[fjlip]

This is what "you people" want for us? No thank you...3 cents turns into 30 cents, totally uneconomical.

"Germans suffer the second highest power prices in Europe, just behind wind ‘powered’ Denmark, and those prices are rocketing north at double-digit rates. The German grid is on the brink of collapse."

https://stopthesethings.com/2019/01/06/germanys-renewable-energy-fail-german-co2-emissions-10-times-higher-than-nuclear-powered-france/ https://stopthesethings.com/2019/01/06/germanys-renewable-energy-fail-german-co2-emissions-10-times-higher-than-nuclear-powered-france/

[LEP]

Wind also has a better fit in a costal location. It is always windy on the coast. Denmark has lots of windmills in the Ocean.

[Hamloc]

Wind energy makes sense in Canada at a generation at a cost of 3 to 4 cents per kWh as the article I posted indicates.
What are you currently paying for hydro in Sask and Alberta? cents per kWh?

So I am curious Integrity Farmer today is the first day out of the last seven that wind power is being generated in any useable amount in Alberta due to the lack of wind for the previous six days, so in that context does it matter what it costs to generate when there is none to buy?

[sumdumguy]

Three windmills around here. All are STOPPED. Guess why? Wind is not a constant speed and ice forms on the blades. Both perils destroy them.

[furrowtickler]

Wind also has a better fit in a costal location. It is always windy on the coast. Denmark has lots of windmills in the Ocean.

Agree .
What’s the power demand in Denmark per household when they are 40 below with now wind?
Just asking for a friend...

Also the incredibly consistent trade winds from the ocean in and around Denmark...... well that’s non existent in Sask and Alberta .

[furrowtickler]

Wind also has a better fit in a costal location. It is always windy on the coast. Denmark has lots of windmills in the Ocean.

George Straight comes to mind .... “Ocean Front Property”

Wind power will only be a temporary relief of the power required in the centre of continental areas.
Comparing Sask and Alberta to coastal regions let alone tropical coastal regions is a bit of a stretch . Most of the areas mentioned have never been below 0 deg C ........

[TSIPP]

I do want to believe wind turbines are a great way to help for powering our future but I’m not sure the numbers are real or not, if you remember roughly 10 years ago 3 hockey rinks had gotten wind turbines I think sask power helped purchase the turbines and a website was made so people could check on how much electricity was produced, Pretty much every time I checked the turbines were actually using more electricity than they made and now I’m having a hard time even finding any thing on the web about these turbines.

There’s a ton of money going into these turbines and people are getting rich on our tax dollars and I’d really like real world numbers and not the BS ones.

[jimmy]

We live on a block of ice for over half a year where people’s lives depend on system that can supply heat 24/7. You can’t compare Canada to other parts of the world it’s bloody cold here plus we sit in the dark for over half of it. In Billing’s Montana when it hit -20 with no wind they where in a panic and thought the world was going to end. Meanwhile north of 49 it was -40 with a normal breeze. Costa Rica vs Canada is about the same as comparing a penguin to a hummingbird

[ColevilleH2S]

Denmark WIND ELECTRICITY

Denmark hit a major renewable energy milestone in 2019, producing nearly half of its electricity from wind alone.

State-run energy operator Energinet announced its new wind record on Twitter Thursday. The renewable energy source now makes up 47 percent of the country’s energy consumption, heating the previous record set in 2017 of 43 percent.

https://earther.gizmodo.com/denmark-sets-new-record-for-wind-energy-putting-us-all-1840777389

Interesting you bring up Denmark. They have the highest mix of renewable generation in the EU, and they also have the highest consumer electricity rates in the EU.
If wind generation is so cheap, why do the Danes pay so much more for their power?

[sumdumguy]

I’d like to make one big wind funnel, point it at Chuck and Integrity and blow them to the coast of Denmark. After a few years, they can report back to us on windmills. I bet you all knew what I really wanted to say😂