Cool Stuff Being Made: Wind Farm

[otef434]

Ever notice most all of these videos were made in PA?

[BeeRich33]

Turbans? You get energy from Indian hats?

[ogenmatic]

@BeeRich33 re: turbans. The energy produced is all controlled by how you wrap them.

[grofuss]

And how much conventional energy (i.e. fossil fuel burning) does it take to manufacture each windmill? What's the lifespan of a windmill? I'm just interested in ratios... Yes it's clean production of energy, but the "net-gain" may not be so exciting.

[otef434]

@grofuss Valid points. If you pursue this, one thing to consider is transport. Now the plant in question is only 43 units, others like Top Of Iowa are in the hundreds. Most turbines being installed today either come from Colorado (Vestas), or in N. Carolina/FL/CA(GE). Once produced, they are loaded most times onto trains for an intermediate destination. These destinations are for storage and distribution of parts for multiple local sites. The final trip, under 100 miles is by truck.