Do wind turbines require electricity to function?

[Adolph Coors]

Asking for a friend

 

[Baron Winnebago]

 

[Woodrow F Call]

Asking for a friend

Sure do. Have a buddy that's a service tech.

They require a boat load of oil too

 

[Adolph Coors]

Sure do. Have a buddy that's a service tech.

They require a boat load of oil too

my dad got so pissed at me today because i told him they do. he didnt talk to me for 30 minutes. He said wind blows and the blades spin, im like nah aint that easy dude.

 

[Jim14510]

That makes zero sense but I'm gonna take your guys word for it. They also kill massive amounts of birds or so I'm told.

The day I learned solar farms made birds burst into flames in the air was a really fun rabbit hole day. Pretty entertaining to watch.

 

[God is a Husker]

 

[RedSeaRising]

my dad got so pissed at me today because i told him they do. he didnt talk to me for 30 minutes. He said wind blows and the blades spin, im like nah aint that easy dude.

Tell your dad that they all require a fossil fueled backup generator to start or to produce anything when the wind doesn't blow, and they operate approximately 1/3 the efficiency of coal.

 

[Adolph Coors]

Tell your dad that they all require a fossil fueled backup generator to start or to produce anything when the wind doesn't blow, and they operate approximately 1/3 the efficiency of coal.

he thinks they work like an old fashioned water windmill. he got crazy mad about the whole thing, sad!

 

[Bootleg11]

3MW turbine pays a landowner around $12-$14k a year. 4MW around $16-$18k a year per turbine. Whether it’s a scam or not, I dunno. But a pretty good source of income for farmers, particularly those with dry land.

 

[HuskerDocCo]

he thinks they work like an old fashioned water windmill. he got crazy mad about the whole thing, sad!

corch scote, not many times I will say this about another’s man’s kin..but your dad is a stupid sumbitch!! Thanks! Gbr!

 

[Bootleg11]

That makes zero sense but I'm gonna take your guys word for it. They also kill massive amounts of birds or so I'm told.

The day I learned solar farms made birds burst into flames in the air was a really fun rabbit hole day. Pretty entertaining to watch.

Solar farms…really good money for a landowner. Of course it has to be..can’t do anything with it once you have a solar farm on it

 

[HuskerDocCo]

can’t do anything with it once you have a solar farm on it

technically you can still flick your bean even w/ solar on the farm FASRRRTTTss

 

[Huskerbuck85]

my dad got so pissed at me today because i told him they do. he didnt talk to me for 30 minutes. He said wind blows and the blades spin, im like nah aint that easy dude.

Is your dad a lib or just in the dark about it?

 

[hothouse_corn]

Solar farms…really good money for a landowner. Of course it has to be..can’t do anything with it once you have a solar farm on it

A lot of farmers are growing different crops between the solar panels and getting benefits from the shade provided by the panels. If they want to grow corn or beans, then NO. At the same time, it's possible to have a synergy between solar and wind energy within the crop production systems.

None of this is one-size fits all, but solar and wind can be integrated with farming while benefiting the producer in yield improvement, additional energy lease payments, and a lot of other shit.

At the same time, I think @Bootleg11 lives in Kansas. In KS, hundreds of thousands of acres are left to "fallow" every third year in the current cropping systems there. Would the farmer or landowner be better off to be paid for solar three out of three years while farming two out of three, or only farm it two out of three? All that said, there are a shitload of ways to skin a cat. I hope none of the PB posters that are falconers become fodder to the "big wind" industry when their bird gets hit by a wind turbine.

I say this as an employee of the #2 tractor and implement manufacturer on Earth (Red, Blue & Yellow, NOT Green), and the company is working on these things.

 

[God is a Husker]

3MW turbine pays a landowner around $12-$14k a year. 4MW around $16-$18k a year per turbine. Whether it’s a scam or not, I dunno. But a pretty good source of income for farmers, particularly those with dry land.

Mineral owner usually gets a decent little bonus payment too because to put in the foundations they have to go deep enough where they sometimes hit things worth some money. (Gravel, sand, etc.) Might only be a few hundred bucks worth but if they put up multiple turbines it can be a decent size paycheck you didn’t expect. Ultimate found some change in the couch cushions moment.


Personal example of a client: Her Dad died and left the surface rights to his oldest son who farmed and the mineral rights to his daughter. (in case they ever found oil, they never did)

Years later the Brother signed a YUGE deal for 36 turbines. The dirt and whatever else they pulled out for the turbines ended up being in total $28,000. Which for this elementary school teacher in Hoxie KS was borderline life changing money. (Brother is fucking loaded tho)

 

[God is a Husker]

A lot of farmers are growing different crops between the solar panels and getting benefits from the shade provided by the panels. If they want to grow corn or beans, then NO. At the same time, it's possible to have a synergy between solar and wind energy within the crop production systems.

None of this is one-size fits all, but solar and wind can be integrated with farming while benefiting the producer in yield improvement, additional energy lease payments, and a lot of other shit.

At the same time, I think @Bootleg11 lives in Kansas. In KS, hundreds of thousands of acres are left to "fallow" every third year in the current cropping systems there. Would the farmer or landowner be better off to be paid for solar three out of three years while farming two out of three, or only farm it two out of three? All that said, there are a shitload of ways to skin a cat. I hope none of the PB posters that are falconers become fodder to the "big wind" industry when their bird gets hit by a wind turbine.

I say this as an employee of the #2 tractor and implement manufacturer on Earth (Red, Blue & Yellow, NOT Green), and the company is working on these things.

I’ve never heard of anybody in KS being even allowed to farm close enough to the solar panels to have any shading effect. Also not sure what they would grow in KS that requires partial shade since they get so much sun.


In KS it’s mostly Wind because you can run cattle or farm outside of the base perimeter of the turbine. Also, because it’s so damn windy the solar panels can get the shit beat out of them unless they are placed in specific locations.



What really has slowed down solar is the materials to build almost exclusively come from China. Supply issues have greatly limited mass production.


Potential is there if the supply and price point can ever get to a good spot.

 

[God is a Husker]

I have a feeling @Woodrow F Call is gonna need a beer while reading this thread

 

[DuckSker]

The point everyone should be getting here is there’s no such thing as “clean energy”

Despite what your 4th year philospophy professor from a liberal institution told you

 

[God is a Husker]

The point everyone should be getting here is there’s no such thing as “clean energy”

Despite what your 4th year philospophy professor from a liberal institution told you

Somebody hasn’t listened to enough Christian Rock
🤟

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Somebody hasn’t listened to enough Christian Rock
🤟

The holy spirit is as clean of energy as you'll find brother