Sunday, December 19, 2010

Contrast these two energy plans

The contrast between the scales of wind farms and nuclear plants could not be more clear than in these two articles:

Iowa is planning a 41 megawatt wind farm


Nordex USA has announced an order with wind farm developer RPM Access for a 41 Megawatt wind farm in Delaware County Iowa, just weeks after finalizing a 75 Megawatt order with EverPower Wind Holdings. Nordex' new manufacturing plant in Jonesboro, Arkansas will produce the turbines.


Malaysia is looking to have two 1,000 megawatt nuclear plants by 2025


Malaysia is looking to build two 1,000 megawatt nuclear power plants by 2022 to counter an "imbalance" in its energy supplies, the energy minister said Sunday.


Pithy excerpt:

The nuclear plan has been attacked by environmental activists who say the government has not thoroughly considered other forms of energy generation such as solar, hydroelectric and wind power.

But Chin said the potential for renewable sources was limited.

"Yes, very good, everyone wants to say that we want renewables, but what about cost? Can we force the people to accept high tariffs?" he said.



I think the differences are obvious. How is wind a viable energy-generation option with such small capacity (and the fact that the wind doesn't blow all the time)? Wind believers are wind delusionists.

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