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Originally Posted by redpoint5
It was a facetious comment to point out that a handful of shutdowns in a year is nothing compared to the variability of wind.
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Wind is predictable. Emergency shutdowns are not. Pilgrim has had FIVE emergency shutdowns in just the last year or two. It had a huge one back in 1986, and it has had many others.
Well sited wind turbines are VERY consistent. And they can be maintained one by one while the rest keep working.