Talk:ExPlace Wind Turbine

Capacity factor

Does anyone have any info regarding the capacity factor of this turbine? I've always heard that it was primairly placed for good PR and that the wind is not very good. 216.191.239.82 19:23, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Did you ask {{Google}}? windshare toronto capacity factor finds several sources, including:

• Cosh, Colby. "Windmills aren't the answer". Energy Probe. Retrieved 2008-10-18. {{cite web}}: Text "2006-11-21" ignored (help)

which claims a capacity factor of "14.7% in its first 42 months of operation" for the WindShare turbine. Of course no commercial wind farm operator would site a wind farm in a major urban center, because the wind-shadowing effects of a large built-up urban area would tend to make for a poor wind resource. A wind turbine in an urban center exists to demonstrate the technology to large numbers of people, rather than to achieve the highest possible capacity factor. On the other hand, the proximity to electricity users gives the urban turbine a considerable advantage in terms of low transmission line power loss, and no worries about competing for available grid bandwidth. And by the way, the naysaying source I cited above needs updating because it does not account for newer (positive) findings about handling wind power on the grid (see Wind power#Intermittency and penetration limits). --Teratornis (talk) 06:37, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

facts aren’t really “naysaying”. starting with the rated capacity of 750kw, times 24 hours, times 365 days, gives a theoretical 6570 mwh a year. the actual claim of “1000 MWh” is 14.8%. as for siting, any wind turbine has an optimal wind speed, and a maximum. being on the lakefront, not downtown, with regular onshore winds, seems to work just fine, because 10-12 knots is its design wind speed. 64.137.143.72 (talk) 15:38, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Windshare cooperative

This article's name would seem to indicate that it is about the energy cooperative Windshare, but the article seems to focus only on this one turbine. Not sure if the turbine is notable on its own, but I would like to see more here about the cooperative. Gobonobo ^{T C} 07:27, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

it's a turbine that millions of people see each day. --scruss (talk) 23:44, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Power Output

Is there a reason why the heading for the model says 750kW, but under power output it says 650kW? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjhoyle (talk • contribs) 12:12, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

While the turbine is rated at 750 kW, that would have been with the originally promised 58 m diameter blade set. As these were never made available, the turbine is de-reated to around 650 kW --scruss (talk) 23:42, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

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