The
Economic, Technological and Regulatory Impact of Wind Turbines Submission to the Senate inquiry on Wind Turbines By The Institute of
Public Affairs
Michael Petrut – Researcher - February, 2015
Executive Summary Contrary to the claims of the renewable energy industry, wind
power is not an efficient or effective source of clean energy. This submission
argues: - Wind power has been shown to drive up the cost of electricity. The Tax Dollars required to pay for state investments and subsidies mean that households will end up having to pay more for electricity.
- Wind Power puts stability in the energy market at risk due to low capacity and uncertain inputs.
- Wind power lacks a controllable input variable, therefore making demand-supply matching an impossible option for larger suggested projects.
- Broadening the responsibilities of the Clean Energy Regulator will weaken democratic accountability and legal rights.
Ref: https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=f485ddd0-ed5c-435b-98a6-c5b2e86d7bfc&subId=304643#:~:text=Wind%20power%20transportation%20costs%20can,actual%20costs%20difficult%20to%20estimate. ================================================================================= Despite The Above Presentation to The Federal Government's Senate Inquiry - The Federal Government has decided to Go Ahead With What will be The Worlds Largest Off-Shore Wind Farm... Here is the Brief Update on The Details of this Massive Project Ref:- https://www.aussierenewables.com.au/directory/star-of-the-south-wind-farm-324.html#:~:text=The%20wind%20farm%20will%20include,18%25%20of%20Victoria's%20power%20usage.
Star of The South Offshore
Energy is planning the development of Australia’s first offshore Wind Farm, 10
to 25 kilometres off the coast of Gippsland, near Port Albert in eastern
Victoria.The
wind farm will include up to 250 turbines within a 574-square-kilometre area in
Commonwealth waters and will have a total capacity of at least 2,000MW;It
will deliver about 8,000GWh of electricity a year, which is about 18% of
Victoria’s power usage.
The
project is expected to cost $8 billion.Just as a quick note: A 574-square-kilometre area is an Area That could Be Bounded by A Square of Side Length 23.9583 km and Residents of Various Cities around The World will be able to get an Idea of that size of a Square!... It's pretty Damm Big!
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The Video below gives a good impression of the Complexity of building
the foundations and erecting the Wind Turbines that will have to be maintained
and refurbished for their expected 25Year Life Span… Then the whole Process
will have to begin again…. I would love to have all the Data regarding costs of
all Materials and The Break Even Point for The Investment and The Cost Per kWh
of The Electricity Supplied…. I wonder what Subsidies are involved?... not that
it really Matters, The Cost is the Cost… I Want The Investmnents in Power to be
In The Thorium LFTR because of The Far Greater Energy Density than Wind and
also because of That The Availability of the Power Generated to be Used to
actually start reducing CO2 Levels and being used in some areas Like Australia
to Supply Good Clean De-Salinated Water For Our River Systems that have had
their Waters depleted by Over Industrialised Agricultural Practices, as well as
many other apllications as well as supplying Power for Industry, Commerce and
Residential Use…
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