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I see dead ones at the San Gorgonio wind farm all the time. I imagine the maintenance situation is even worse for offshore installations.
by Rebelgecko 7y ago
I see dead ones at the San Gorgonio wind farm all the time. I imagine the maintenance situation is even worse for offshore installations.
- jerven 7y agoAre they dead/broken or market optimizing power delivery? Spinning a few down to nothing can be better for a farm total life time efficiency. You might make more money curtailing output because it is easy to turn off a wind turbine, compared to reacting with an inflexible baseload plant.
- Rebelgecko 7y agoFor many I can't tell the difference between off and broken, but some are clearly broken (missing blades, collapsed towers, etc). Supposedly a lot of the companies that were originally operating in the San Gorgonio pass went out of business, and their old windmills are being gradually replaced.