Comments on: E.ON Climate & Renewables Secures $150mm for Illinois Wind Farm

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:03:00 +0000

(Andrew – first paragraph, last five words…)

Aside from the small edit, the big news to me is that we’re seeing major financial institutions providing the money. Let’s hope they’re doing so because they see good investment potential and not just the purchase of some green cred….

By: Neil Blanchard

Neil Blanchard — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:52:00 +0000

I wonder if they considered larger turbines? Apparently, all else being equal, larger turbines are more efficient. 3-4MW units are quite normal, and some are now as big as 6+MW.

I hope the latest GE design is a direct drive. The huge heavy transmissions that used to be favored were less reliable.

Neil