Comment on U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after

• Freddyyeddy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wind turbines have to be constantly spinning due to inertia to get them started due to that they have big diesel engines that keep them going the minimum speed. I’m not trying to be inflammatory and am welcome to a fact check.

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  • kalleboo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is complete BS, I could find zero sources for that claim.

    The only tangentially related thing I could find was that in colder climates, they need heat to de-ice the wings, and at one point, the power supply to a Scottish wind farm was cut off, so they put in some temporary diesel generators on-site to power the de-icing system.

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  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So, I do not believe that is a thing. Apparently there are some wind turbines with diesel generators attached somewhere, but it’s not for that reason. Offshore wind seems to have them in case they get disconnected from the grid because they rely on some power to protect themselves from ocean air, and apparently a wind array in Scottland had some to keep the turbines from freezing over. Frankly though there just isn’t room in the turbine’s housing to keep a whole diesel engine, at least most of the time.

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    • Freddyyeddy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Edited my OG comment for future people. Thank you for correcting this Franky inexcusably ignorant miss comprehension. I appreciate your civilness in correct me.

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