Shetland windfarm - Viking Energy

[oldcro]

SSE being the major shareholder will have total control over the power generated, they make their profit by producing or buying electricity at the lowest price and selling at the highest price . They will pay the minimum price for the electricity they use, only any excess will be sold to the highest bidder. Their obligation is to their shareholders not the people of Shetland.

 

Interestingly every time the number of proposed wind generators has been reduced, the estimated income to the Shetland economy has increased.

 

We have had our share of white elephant investments already, having learned nothing from them the proposal is to invest in a herd of white mammoths.

 

Still it should guarantee plenty of vacancies for any future visitors looking for a bed for the night.

[Stirrer]

Has anyone noticed the similarity between the photo in the Unsustainable Shetland advert (Shet Times 05-11-10) and the one last week of the quarry that TOTAL have created next to SVT.

 

Of course, Unsustainable Shetland and their comrades were shouting from the roof tops about that environmental disaster as well - or were they too busy opening their BP pension packets to notice that planning application ?

[Seaflech]

How much electricity does it take to run a windfarm?

 

No, not a trick question, but the answer is a surprising amount.

Somebody mentioned it to me a while back an I looked it up for a bit more information as I hadn't seen this particular element of the argument on this forum, but it is quite surprising.

 

For ultra-large wind turbines, which the proposed VE scheme would be, there are certain conditions when the turbines themselves require a fair amount of electricity from the grid to operate various functions.

 

For instance, when there are periods of low or no wind, they need to take power from the grid to keep the blades turning slowly. This is because if the whole assembly stops rotating for long periods of time it puts a lot of strain on the bearings and gearing of the hub, as the imbalance of weight distribution can warp and twist the shaft that the blades are mounted on.

On top of that, there are numerous ancillary devices that need power, including feathering pumps, hydraulic pumps, blade pitch control motors and computers, even the red anti collision lights on top need power.

 

However the biggest consumer of power is for the blades themselves when operating in low temperatures, to stop them icing up. Figures quoted show that up to 20% of the turbines' total output can be used simply to heat the blades to stop the formation of ice.

 

This shows that, on top of the construction of the turbines, the roads and infrastructure into them, the transportation of all the assembled parts and the carbon payback time for such a scheme, they really aren't as green as they are made out to be, and certainly don't give us 'free' energy.

[skeld88]

[***mod edit - thread merged***]

 

i think it would be good if they wind mills went up be able to see allot more of Shetland???

[Far Haaf]

Suggest this is merged with another thread... Assuming there is a thread for "Confusing"

[Guest posiedon]

i (sic) think it would be good if they (sic) wind mills went up be (sic) able to see allot (sic) more of Shetland???

It's taken you nine months (since registering) To come up with that gem of a first post

[Guest CyprusPluto]

Glad it wasn't just me that couldn't make any sense out of that post

[Njugle]

The above posts are surely a shameful welcome for a poster on their first post.

 

Shetlink has always endeavoured to be a friendly and welcoming online environment, and in this instance the rest of us must apologise for the scathing commentary of the perfect sophisticates.

 

This thread will be merged with the existing windfarm thread.

[Brian]

Shetlink has always endeavoured to be a friendly and welcoming online environment

 

Really!

[Pooks]

^ Endeavour: A sincere attempt. A determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal; Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity; To attempt through application of effort; To work with purpose

 

Yes we have.

[Njugle]

Brian, I sent you a private message a long time ago on this very subject. I'd send you another one if I though you'd read it.

 

So, I'll say instead: If you have any problem with any posts please let us know, rather than making comments such as the above. The mods are volunteers and you may expect us to vet every sinlge post individually, but I'm sorry, that's not possible. If you are volunteering your services, they will be most welcome, and you too can help to try and keep Shetlink as a friendly, welcoming online environment.

 

Thanks.

[mate64]

 

i think it would be good if they wind mills went up be able to see allot more of Shetland???

 

Welcome Skeld88. You have raised another positive point re the wind farm. With more tracks through the hills it will be much easier for walkers & cyclists to explore more remote areas that otherwise they would never even get close to.

[crofter]

 

i think it would be good if they wind mills went up be able to see allot more of Shetland???

 

Welcome Skeld88. You have raised another positive point re the wind farm. With more tracks through the hills it will be much easier for walkers & cyclists to explore more remote areas that otherwise they would never even get close to.

 

Anybody been up the road to Burradale lately?

[Guest Anonymous]

i think it would be good if they wind mills went up be able to see allot more of Shetland???

 

yep we will be able to see all the bare rock of the hills when the peat slides into the voe

[Ghostrider]

i think it would be good if they wind mills went up be able to see allot more of Shetland???

 

Dir been rods ta da tap idda Wart 'o Bressa an Fitfil fur lang enyoch, whit you canna see fae tane, you can maistly see fae the tidder. An ony peerie grain you canna, is laekly no wirt seein.