Comments on: Gamesa Wind Turbine Sets New Output Record for Spain http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/05/gamesa-wind-turbine-sets-new-output-record-for-spain/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Bob_Wallace http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/05/gamesa-wind-turbine-sets-new-output-record-for-spain/#comment-125896 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39821#comment-125896 “A:  The “energy payback time” is a measure of the net energy value of a wind turbine.  In other words, how long does the turbine have to operate to generate the amount of electricity that was required for its manufacture and construction? Several studies have looked at this question over the years and have concluded that wind energy has one of the shortest energy payback times of any energy technology. A wind power plant typically takes only a few months (3 to 8, depending on the average wind speed at its site) to “pay back” the energy consumed for its fabrication, installation, operation, and decommissioning. ”

http://www.orion-energygroup.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=14 
Eventually we’ll need storage for renewables.  But right now there’s enough flexibility (dispatchable supply/movable loads) that we can install a lot more wind and solar without installing more storage.

]]> By: Sperling http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/05/gamesa-wind-turbine-sets-new-output-record-for-spain/#comment-125894 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 17:06:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=39821#comment-125894 interesting numbers, but how much energie in mw is the need (building, installation, service) for building one unit of these monsters. the key of ae is the storage of all the energie. 

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