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    Went for a Drive


    Went for a drive on Prince Edward Island over the past two days.

    Found these. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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    Re: Went for a Drive


    A closer look at the reaction devices.

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    Re: Went for a Drive


    Tractor loading packaged electrical energy onto a tractor trailer for transport! [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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    Re: Went for a Drive

    Egon

    I was up there a few years back on vacation and didn't see any of those things, but we were mostly on the NW part of PEI.

    I'll bet the section of NS near Amherst would be a good spot. I remember that as being pretty windy.
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    Re: Went for a Drive


    There are plans for some more wind farms in Nova Scotia.

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    Re: Went for a Drive


    Map.

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    Re: Went for a Drive

    Even after thay build all those sites and use up the wind at the height of those generators they can install adjacent generators even taller to get new wind.

    When I worked at a lab as a student slave (undergrad physics student) the group I worked in had a sea buoy with a submerged (bottom located) instrument package. The buoy was fitted with a wind generator to charge the batteries. Large waves from storms could put water over the generator and break the blades. Strong winds burned out the friction brake and over reved the blades till they flew apart from the centrifugal force. Still, running out to sea to change out the discharged deep cycle batts with freshly charged ones was only fun in NICE weather so a long term power source was needed that coiuld withstand the conditions at sea. A nuclear isotope heatsource powering thermo-electric generators was selected and the fun outings to swap batteries ceased.

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    Re: Went for a Drive

    Looks like there's already some at Amherst with plans for more. Don't see any near Peggy's Cove though. [img]/forums/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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