Sustained 42 mph wind resource tops records at wind farm near Rawlins Wyoming

Fledermaus

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Sun Feb-27-11 03:57 PM
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Sustained 42 mph wind resource tops records at wind farm near Rawlins Wyoming

Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 04:04 PM by Fledermaus

It�s no secret that Wyoming has world-class wind. But when engineer Ryan Jacobson saw the data from the prospective wind farm location near Rawlins, even his 15 years of experience in the industry couldn�t mute his surprise. 42 mph, he read.

And that speed wasn�t a gust but an average speed for the month of January. That�s the highest average in more than three years worth of testing, he said.

�Having a month where the average wind speeds are above 40 is pretty incredible,� he said. �I�ve never seen resources consistent like this.�

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_7ac99445-a81c-5733-aad6-a2d8f3890ebf.html

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Fly by night

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Sun Feb-27-11 04:59 PM
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1. I have a coffee cup commemorating the Wyoming Wind Festival.

According to the cup, the festival occurs from January 1 - December 31 each year.

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Nederland

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Sun Feb-27-11 09:36 PM
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2. Sounds like a lousy place for a wind farm

Most wind turbines have to shutdown when wind speeds exceed 50mph. If the average wind speed is 42mph, bets are that speeds above 50mph are pretty common. You could end up build a wind farm that has to shut down a significant portion of the time. Who knows though, maybe there are certain types of newer turbines that could work at this site...

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Mon Feb-28-11 08:54 AM
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3. Like this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Qs2gFlt-o&feature=related

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