Wind energy and other renewables much cheaper than coal
Electricity from wind energy and other renewables is close to one-third cheaper than electricity from a new coal-fired plant, according to a US report published by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPRS) to the state legislature.
The report found that average costs over the life cycle of renewable energy systems equalled €69.5 per megawatt-hour (MWh) while the cost for a new coal fired power plant totalled €101 per MWh.
The report caught the approving attention of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) which noted that “fossil-fuel-funded ‘experts’ often exaggerate the cost of electricity generated with wind power.”
AWEA published excerpts of the report, including this statement: “the actual cost of renewable energy contracts submitted to the Commission to date shows a downward pricing trend. This was the case as of the filing of this report in February of 2011 and continues to be the case, as the two most recent contracts approved by the Commission for new wind capacity have levelised [i.e the average cost of electricity over the lifetime of the plant] costs of $61-64 [€46-48.7] per MWh. This is significantly lower than the levelised costs of the first wind contracts submitted in 2009.”
The cost of electricity is difficult to unpick. That is why EWEA developed an online tool that instantly calculates electricity costs, including any fuel and carbon risks, for gas, coal, nuclear, onshore and offshore wind. Users can type in their own assumptions on, for example, coal and gas prices, future carbon costs, capital costs and availability.
By choosing to compare, for example, onshore wind and coal for the year 2010 and projected costs for 2020, the tool shows that in 2010 wind cost €65.7 per MWh, compared to coal’s €69.4, and by 2020 the gap should be even wider – €58.2 for wind and €82.5 for coal.
In addition, coal extracts far more resources from the earth than wind power – you can read about that here.
Dear EWEA Members,
Our 3 MW wind turbine’s MWh production cost is lower than 20 EUR / MWh.
Still asking yourself why :
1. The Spanish governement took the decision of suspending/cancelling the renewable energy subsidiations/grants. They already knew … Lobbying from us lead to this suspension … ?
2. Massachssetts’ decisoion this week ?
3. UK’s Crown Estate decision on next phase grants/subsidiations ?
Why woudl they pay if not needed ?
The fact
Our patented technological concept allows the wind turbines to be more profitable without any green energy production subsidiations/grants paid by the government than the existing wind turbines with the current green energy production subsidiations/grants.
1. What does the “Power & Torque Increase Box” (hereafter designated as “PTIB”) ?
This PTIB can be applied as a wind turbine Power & Torque Increase Box although the physical and mathematical dynamic models behind it are very complex.
It really does increase the wind turbine power & torque from a “same size blades + same design blades + same weather conditions + same wind speed” :
- by +200 % to +300 % in torque … I know that you are thinking to the Betz law and so it is theoretically impossible. False !
I know that some world leading wind turbine manufacturers’ R&D Directors are dreamin of increasing of +1% their efficiency and we here talk of +200 % to + 300 %.
So, it does not seem serious, right ? Give us 30 minutes of your time for a live demonstration. 30 minutes. And you will change your mind.
- by +20 % in production period : with the PTIB, high-scale wind turbines start producing at nominal power at 3 to 4 times lower wind speeds than usual, that is to say from lower than 1 meter/second wind speeds.
And, the lower the wind speed, the higher the Power & Torque Increase Difference (compared to current ones).
I have seen it working live. It works great. And it is very simple to apply to the real world utility wind turbines.
Several world leading top 20 wind turbine manufacturers have finally booked for a live demonstration in April 2012. We come with all our materials including : the “wind turbine prototype”, a wind tunnel system, Amp measuring system, Volts measuring systems, a tachimeter and … the PTIB of course.
If your company has a WIND TUNNEL, we also come with both our 2 REAL WIND TURBINES OF 400 W – 600 W (120 cm blades), one equipped with the PTIB and one not.
A live demonstration can be organized at your company’s offices or better at a WIND TURBINE STUDY OFFICE with a “WIND TUNNEL TESTING LAB”.
A Non-Disclosure Agreement – including full-time voice and video recording by a certified Veritas, SGS or Group4-Securitas security agent – will be signed as soon as we receive your appointment date and time requests : first by scanned document e-mails and next on our arrival.
I can say without complex that the world leading wind turbine manufacturers that will not have access to this new patented technology concept will disappear within the next 3 years. No more. No less.
It will be publicly released by a GIANT COMPANY early April 2012.
Have a good day.
Best regards,
Olivier Balhan
International Consultant – New Technolgies
Renewables, Cleantech, Environment, Sustainability, Emission Reduction, Water Treatment
Phone / answering : +32 (0)87 77 14 44
Mobile phone : +32 (0)493 72 82 18
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E-mail : olivier.balhan@skynet.be
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Ah. But there is one little fly in the ointment. Wind is intermittent. And the time scale of that intermittency is seconds. Where as the grid requires production commitments in 15 minute increments for stability. Now add in the cost of storage to make wind technically viable and it is no longer economically viable.
You guys are not serious because you do not tell the whole truth. Shame on you. But you are right where you belong in that regard. In bed with the politicians.