Windpower Case Study in Ontario (Part 1: Wind doesn’t replace coal-fired generation)

William Palmer, a Professional Engineer, member of the Canadian Acoustical Association, and the Acoustical Society of America, has the first article in a series now posted at MasterResource

Windpower Case Study in Ontario (Part 1: Wind doesn’t replace coal-fired generation) — MasterResource:

...it is remarkable that the Report of the Ontario Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services (the Drummond Report), issued in mid February 2012, identified as a cost-saving objective for the electricity consumer for the Integrated Power Supply Plan to be issued matching the Ontario Long Term Electrical Supply Plan. That would result in increasing the wind output from 1600 MW to over 8500 MW. This is the strangest way of saving money that I can imagine as it will only compound the problem of excess generation.

Read the full article at MasterResource