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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
I'm a little too tired to get in depth with your link, but I'd be pretty curious to see exactly how the Canadian government is accumulating their data. I HIGHLY doubt a bank (or at least any financial group I've talked to) would finance a project based on anything other than historical wind data, accumulated with anything other than a test tower. When we approached Canadian Business Development about 5 years ago with a purchased piece of land, all the permits and 2 years of historical data showing a profit on the project, they ever so politely said thanks but no thanks.
Not sure what you mean in your last pargraph either....what I'm getting at is that you cannot pay off your initial investment (not just in Aberta but pretty much ANY country/province) without either one (or more) of the following: - high commodity prices in a de-regulated market
- financial aid (subsidies)
- consistent wind (>35%)
With high prices you can get away with less wind. With more consistent wind you can get away with lower prices. With a government subsidies you can get away with neither the first or the last. |
Well, I can't make you click the link, but if you did you would know that this is a huge initiative, in conjunction with NASA et al., available in 21 languages, that is used all around the world, that pretty much dismisses everything you are saying. This is a very realistic, alternative energy source that is already being utilized in countless countries. Why there are windfarms as soon as you cross the Alberta border must be because the wind gets much stronger
or deregulation
or subsidies
- they are funded by private firms in a province that has a regulated energy industry. Imagine that...