January 30, 2022

106: Wind Farming

2 hours 5 minutes

Wind Farms are getting bigger and spreading throughout the world both on and off-shore. Vic joins John to talk about Wind Turbines, John's new Tesla and the launch of the new Video podcast/vodcast Pragmatic Electric.
With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.

TechDistortion Articles Discussed:

Retro Mac Pro

Retro Mac Pro Part 2

Upgrading the Mac Pro SSD

Upgrading the Mac Pro RAM

Buying A Tesla

Pragmatic Electric Links:

Pragmatic Electric

Pragmatic: Electric - YouTube

Introducing Pragmatic Electric

Audiobook Narration Work:

Voice For Hire

Shoot Like a Ninja on Apple Books

The Knack of Selling on Apple Books

Engineered Network Episodes Referenced:

The Battery Problem Follow-up 1

Deepwater Horizon

Ocean Ranger

Coopers Gap Links:

Australia’s biggest wind farm at Coopers Gap to undergo major repairs

The largest wind turbine blades ever transported in Australia begin their journey

Coopers Gap Wind Farm

Graziers split over proposed location of wind turbines near Kingaroy

Links of Potential Interest:

ATLASX Wind Turbine

Australian Wind Farms Regularly Deliver Tiny Fraction of Their Total Capacity

What does the capacity factor of wind mean?

What is a wind class?

What is the minimum wind speed required for wind power generation?

Hywind Scotland

Doubly-fed electric machine

Double-Fed Induction Generator

Single floating offshore Windcatcher unit could power 80,000 European homes

Vertical axis wind turbines far more efficient offshore

Operation and maintenance costs of wind generated power

Breaking down the cost of wind turbine maintenance

List of onshore wind farms

List of offshore wind farms

Papalote Creek Wind Farm

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Episode Gold Producers:

'r' and Steven Bridle.
Episode Silver Producers:

Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Jared, Bill, Joel Maher and Katharina Will.

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