The numbers talk: wind doesn't work

The IESO has this cute little graphic indicating the current production of energy from industrial wind turbines in Ontario, always with a pithy description like “Enough to power homes in Parry Sound” or some such. The truth is more like, well, we COULD have powered 100,000 homes today but really, we generated enough for about six hairdryers.

Here from the IESO website, is the total energy production in Ontario for yesterday, June 13th. Listed is the capability and actual. Wind power is a complete joke…it simply doesn’t work. And June 13th is not an anomaly, either: every day indicates similarly disappointing results.

(Sorry, the entire spreadsheet won’t fit: to see it, go to http://reports.ieso.ca/public/GenOutputCapability/PUB_GenOutputCapability_20100613.xml )

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Hours		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
WIND Total	Capability	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085	1085
	Output	59	62	64	42	19	24	33	56	80	62	51	51	46	44	42	30	27	31	35	34	18	19	34	34
AMARANTH	Capability	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200
	Output	20	17	11	14	5	2	6	19	22	15	4	14	7	1	0	1	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	1
KINGSBRIDGE	Capability	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
	Output	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
PORT ALMA	Capability	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101	101
	Output	3	3	6	5	2	2	1	0	2	4	5	9	14	18	25	17	21	24	18	8	1	0	0	0
PORT BURWELL	Capability	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
	Output	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
PRINCEFARM	Capability	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189	189
	Output	7	12	13	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	11	6	4	10	6
RIPLEY SOUTH	Capability	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76
	Output	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
UNDERWOOD	Capability	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182	182
	Output	10	1	4	0	0	0	1	17	41	21	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WOLFE ISLAND	Capability	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198	198
	Output	17	28	28	15	11	20	24	19	15	22	30	27	24	21	12	8	2	0	0	11	8	13	21	25

Look especially at Wolfe Island which is 2 1/2 hours south west of us near Kingston: it is an area with greater wind potential than North Gower, but look how little is being achieved. Why is North Gower even a candidate for wind power when the wind potential here is marginal? Why is $20 MM being spent for very little return (except to the corporate wind developer)?

WHY is the province spending so much money on wind power generation when it clearly doesn’t work and will NEVER meet Ontario’s needs for power?  Ratepayers and taxpayers are footing the bill for this huge mistake: expensive, unreliable, intermittent and inadequate wind power.

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