Comments on: World’s Most Efficient Wind Turbine in Its Class Makes 1st European Stop in Turkey

By: FAU'S NMREC Applies to Test Marine Turbines in the Gulf Stream - CleanTechnica

FAU'S NMREC Applies to Test Marine Turbines in the Gulf Stream - CleanTechnica — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:57:28 +0000

[…] Gulf Stream energy are far higher than the 20%-30% typical for wind turbines (note, though, that new onshore wind turbines are achieving capacity factors of over 50%). “Because the Gulf Stream is driven by our […]

By: ThomasGerke

ThomasGerke — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Neither Vestas nor Enercon have a 1.5 MW turbine in their portfolio I think, so this could very well be the most efficent 1.5 MW turbine to this date.

I’ve often seen only modern Enercon turbines produce electricity under serious low wind conditions, while turbines of other makers stood still. So I would tend to believe that an E-82, E-92 (new) or E-101 are the current state of the art… but all are 2-3MW.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:52:00 +0000

Janson, I’m not asking you to do my job. You made a claim counter to a claim made by a source likely to know what they’re talking about. If you have no proof that the claim is wrong, that’s not my issue — I’m not going to spend 30 minutes trying to find information that probably doesn’t exist.
Blogs have many purposes, and one leading purpose is curation. I go through hundreds or nearly a thousand stories a day to provide readers with what I think are the cream of the crop. Some of those are primarily short news announcements like this one. Some are more in-depth and assimilate info. Some are op-eds.

By: Janson

Janson — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:58:00 +0000

You are asking me to do your job. If a blog just passes on press releases, what is the value of it? Believing company PR is a bit naive.

From a technological point of view GE is more a sub-top player using old Tacke technology. I would expect a turbine of Vestas or Enercon to be more efficient. By the way even if you believe GE’s claim the title is misleading, as you write yourself, the claim is limited to class three sites (sites with a relatively low wind speed).

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:09:00 +0000

aha, that might explain it.

By: Ronald Brak

Ronald Brak — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:40:00 +0000

Looking at the power curve, once the wind speed goes over 11 metres a second, it does appear to put out about 1.6 megawatts.

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:22:00 +0000

I know. That’s what I kept thinking.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:40:00 +0000

Odd how they call it the 1.6-100 and yet it pumps out 1.5MW. Way to make things confusing GE!

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Janson, do you have proof that it’s not the most efficient turbine of its class? you don’t offer up any counter evidence here. i fact-check things that seem dubious. GE being a top wind turbine manufacturer, i do often assume that it’s statements about wind turbines are correct.

btw, this is a blog.

By: Janson

Janson — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:38:00 +0000

Zachary seems to have a habit of copying and pasting GE advertisements. Real journalist would check if GE’s claim of having the most efficient turbine is true.