T-dad – That is a very complete list and of course there is the twist. I hope you showed up last night or will show up in person today at the SH meeting and stand behind all your exhaustive work. If you do not identify yourself, that to me will be an admission of ego agenda guilt and undermine all your credibility. It is time to come out from under your rock since you have made so many derogatory comments and you also deserve to take credit for you work.
I only have one observation tonight. You mentioned; “the Vestas, GE, Gamesa, Siemens, etc all have much more efficient 3MW and 4MW turbines than the DeWind 1.25MW and 2.0MW turbines.” Implying they would not be competitive. My observation and investigation is that the DeWind product line just happens to be the size that the market is looking for right now. The larger 3 to 5 MW turbines are problematic in that erection of these giants poses new environmental and site challenges that taxes construction equipment available making them less cost effective. A good analogy would be making erroneous comparison that the Boeing 767, 777 and 787 Dreamliners are less efficient than the gargantuan expensive Airbus A380 which is too big for most airports and maintenance facilities. The DeWind has the right product for the market today.
Last week I visited the Shiloh I wind farm near Suisun Bay at Birds Landing. This $250 Million dollar project is nearing completion with 100 1.5MW GE Wind turbines. The general construction manager of PPM Energy (U.S. subsidiary of ScottishPower) was kind enough to talk with me. They have projects all over the US and he mentioned this same project could be built for 180Million in NW or Mid West states. I have jpg pictures of the wind turbine under construction if you are interested.
They were not familiar with the DeWind line and said GE was their choice. It appears GE is the one to beat. However a direct comparison of the power curves of the DeWind and GE turbines in the 1.25MW to 2.5MW range indicated almost identical performance characteristics and their grid connection mating features seem similar to DeWinds new ones. They suggested I send the information to their new product development division in Portland as they are always looking for turbines.
Now I don’t know what this has to do with “Train TV” in England or Amhurst, but I do know that it is another example of how different things look depending on the angle and tint of the glasses one is looking through. So I hope you don’t use your kids as an excuse to avoid facing your music today which you have been writing so long.
Regards
