Science in the City: Altamont Wind Farms 

I used to go through these hills all the time as a kid, and it was always my favorite part of the otherwise boring drive. It was a really cool sight, watching those things spin.

Big things creep me out... When I first saw wind turbines my dad spotted it out and I'm like... Oh god... now I love looking at them!

I love these things! We need more of them. Clean electricity is a good thing.

The UK is now the world leader in offshore wind production. Last year they ran 17% of the national grid on wind. Woo hoo!! PS 1 MW turbines are SO 2012. GE just unveiled a 12 MW turbine. Immensely tall for a floating structure.

Did you notice that a lot of turbines are not turning. The wind turbies pictured are incredible maintenance hogs. AC or DC they always have a governor mechanism similar to the "constant speed" governors on many prop-driven airplanes. Aviatirs will tell you these (much smaller) constant speed props are very difficult and expensive to maintain. Plus...you have to find daredevils to work at that height in that much wind.

The biggest is currently GE 12 Megawatt and there's designs for a 50MW turbine

I want to build one.

clean energy is good.

very cool vid !

I'm working in this field 2.1 MW WTG

Since this share was back in 2012 what are your views (Exploratorium) what are your views and thoughts for 2017? Is there homes near by that can see the windfarms every day and show on youtube how many work everyday?

good analysis

this video starts off like they are going to bash wind energy but then slowly becomes more of a positive view

4:32 Siemens 2.5 Megawatt

Better than fossil fuels as i do say by myself

Wind Turbines seems like Fidget Spinners !

imagine being strapped to the end of one of those things lol

All over the country, wind turbines are in disrepair and disarray. Broken blades. Seized generators, or completely toppled over. Either by the wind they once attempted to harness or by the lack of quality materials, engineering, and/or assembly. Geothermal seems more reliable and consistent than these problematic contraptions.

For many years I thought they moved because they were powered by electricity.

I'm trying to cure my phobia but it isn't working

Wind mills are like electric cars 4:30

Das ist schön 🖼 Bild

I did something similar with Avasva solutions.

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so cool

it's not called turbin it's called turbine

I won't to build one too

Heh heh.... you will never outsmart the true Don Quijote.... windmills o-o

A bottle of dawn won’t save these birds 🦅 but that’s ok right?

Really large area used, inefficient and costly. Why not use solar panels there to save space and keep ugliness contained

stop censor

Me big bro english i understand windturbine it is moulin à vent yes yes blender cat

+The Phantom Philosopher Don't put too much stock in the opinion of a homeopath.

these things scare me

I made it with Avasva handbooks !

yah but. . . .

Anouar

Plastové ceruzka ✏

Repowered wind farm? Rebuilt from a crap wind farm more like, how much did that cost? Not very sustainable!!

THERE MUST BE TREES BETWEEN THEM... if we don't plant trees on the uninhabitable soils we will wither with the planet,then the rich will eat their money paper and concrete.!!

Condor raptor bat bird destroyers killing hundreds of millions of creatures, congrats

Wind turbines were somewhat benign when limited to areas like Altamont (if one ignored the bird kills) but now they are just too big and widespread to be green in a rational context. The excuses made for their visual and audible impact are evil in many ways. These are gigantic structures infiltrating millions of acres of scenery. Why in the hell is that suddenly good for the environment? In pure economic terms, they barely perform as stated (wind is erratic) and require 24/7 traditional power backup because of that. When the industry says a wind "farm" will power "75,000 homes" it will only do that about 30% of the time in most cases, and often not when the power is truly needed, so that figure is very misleading.

The whoosh of the blades generates VAD (vibroacoustic disease), and is destructive due to the ILFN (infrasound and low-frequency noise) at even the mile to six mile range, some cite twelve miles, for living creatures, including people. Flicker from the blades cause problems such as seizures. The EMF (electric and magnetic field) effect is horrendous. These turbines use significant fuel energy if actually applied to a grid, requiring load compensation due to their non-dispatchable output. In fact, the units produce such a poor quality output it typically can only be counted as 'energy credits', not power for the grid. These towers and turbines should be placed in the city, really . . . but no one wants these in their city and I wouldn't actually wish it on them because they are not worth the cost, effort and losses they induce. So, they disrupt and poison the farm lands. They need to be cooled and need to be lit and need to be heavily lubed with oils and greases that need to be frequently replaced and should (properly) stay in motion so they don't break (which requires conventional power). The blades break regularly, requiring dangerous maintenance or replacement, and the mega-towers are even more costly to replace than their 'tiny' predecessors, so much so that it just isn't happening ... they are dangerous equipment (and rather ugly) when they reside rusting on the countryside.

I bet they arent looking so great now! Wind turbines was always a gimmick. Bad one at that

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ohhh good grief put here by another life form??? get a grip dude you need help