Great moments in alternative energy production

[TallDave]

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008 ... power.html

Each wind turbine (see picture) cost a reported Rp 3.5 billion ($US325,000) to build and had a planned production capacity 80 kilowatts.

Contacted by phone, spokesperson of the Bali branch of the state-owned electricity company PT PLN, Agung Mustika, denied that the plants have never worked.

"All of the plants operate normally. If their turbines do not move, they are storing the energy. It doesn't mean they are not functioning," he said.

[MSimon]

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008 ... power.html

Each wind turbine (see picture) cost a reported Rp 3.5 billion ($US325,000) to build and had a planned production capacity 80 kilowatts.

Contacted by phone, spokesperson of the Bali branch of the state-owned electricity company PT PLN, Agung Mustika, denied that the plants have never worked.

"All of the plants operate normally. If their turbines do not move, they are storing the energy. It doesn't mean they are not functioning," he said.

They must have a lot of rubes in Bali.

And $4 per KW is pricey but about right for small turbines. For the same money they could have gotten 4X as much (potential) electricity from one 2 MW turbine.