Spiritofireland.org - suggests energy independence in five years and much more

[Dios]

If this could do a fraction of what is claimed it would be happening already.

Heh. Have you been paying attention to the sad fact of who has been in government for the last while? The only thing that is going to happen with those individuals at the wheel is sorry attempts to revive the self defeating property bubble. In fact by this logic you would have run Edison out of town on a rail for doing a step better than oil lamps.

[maxthedog]

"bath county pumped storage station"

. Don`t know how to post a U Tube link. but if you look up the above you will get an idea of a working station.

[Dios]

"bath county pumped storage station"

. Don`t know how to post a U Tube link. but if you look up the above you will get an idea of a working station.

Here...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMvOZSVXlzI]YouTube - Bath County Pumped Storage Station[/ame]

[Geckko]

Here are some basic numbers for Ireland for June to date.

The chart below shows what the remaining capacity would be for a pumped storage facility of 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500GW hrs supported by 10GW of windfarm capacity.

These are based on the actual load factors achieved from 1 June to 15 June.



What do you see?

With 10GW in windfarm capacity, and even with 500 GW hrs of pumped storage (assumed to be 100% full at 1 June), we would have run out of electricity this month.

I didn't even have to do any cherry picking. Just this month to date.

Some much for some of the number being thrown around this forum. What muppets.

[fiannafailure]

Here are some basic numbers for Ireland for June to date.

The chart below shows what the remaining capacity would be for a pumped storage facility of 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500GW hrs supported by 10GW of windfarm capacity.

These are based on the actual load factors achieved from 1 June to 15 June.



What do you see?

With 10GW in windfarm capacity, and even with 500 GW hrs of pumped storage (assumed to be 100% full at 1 June), we would have run out of electricity this month.

I didn't even have to do any cherry picking. Just this month to date.

Some much for some of the number being thrown around this forum. What muppets.

Muppet central to geckko,

What colour would you have used to represent the output of say Huntstown CCGT if the the gas supply to Ireland was turned off, oh yeah its a redundant question because it wouldn't have run for more than a few hours, so I will ask you to get that good old rational brain of yours and ask you to add the inter connectors and plot your graph again, and maybe superimpose say a black line, designating the profits to the nearest 100.000 that would have been earned by the S of I project, in addition to ensuring that we would have had the electricity to exchange our love letters in this month of light winds.

[Dios]

Some much for some of the number being thrown around this forum. What muppets.

And he's back, with crayons!

Do you think you might be able to present us with a source that doesn't involve pirates this time?

[Geckko]

Muppet central to geckko,

What colour would you have used to represent the output of say Huntstown CCGT if the the gas supply to Ireland was turned off, oh yeah its a redundant question because it wouldn't have run for more than a few hours, so I will ask you to get that good old rational brain of yours and ask you to add the inter connectors and plot your graph again, and maybe superimpose say a black line, designating the profits to the nearest 100.000 that would have been earned by the S of I project, in addition to ensuring that we would have had the electricity to exchange our love letters in this month of light winds.

Don't you get it.

This shows that if the country was reliant on 10GW of windfarms anda 500GW hour pumped storage facility, there would be no electricity now. There would be no profits. The only love letters exchanged would be via old fashioned handwriting.

[fiannafailure]

Don't you get it.

This shows that if the country was reliant on 10GW of windfarms anda 500GW hour pumped storage facility, there would be no electricity now. There would be no profits. The only love letters exchanged would be via old fashioned handwriting.

But the proposal comes complete with interconnection and asks the population what level of independence is do they want, Phase two of S of I will include wave and tidal as they become available and once phase one is complete I can see off-shore wind commercially (to the consumer) viable.
I would not want to have to go back to deciphering handwriting even your own artistic style

[Dios]

Don't you get it.

This shows that if the country was reliant on 10GW of windfarms anda 500GW hour pumped storage facility, there would be no electricity now. There would be no profits. The only love letters exchanged would be via old fashioned handwriting.

Eh your graph has no source except youir own word, and in all likelihood you based that on 2GW of wind power.

[Geckko]

Eh your graph has no source except youir own word, and in all likelihood you based that on 2GW of wind power.

Then you have two options:

1. You can falsify this finding by using the source data for electricity demand and wind farm output yourself. It can be found here: System Performance Data | Eirgrid
   
2. Or you can keep sticking your fingers in your ears and go "nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah"

Your choice.

Put up or shut up.