
Kingston. As of 22 December 2012. 1658*1200 = 1,989,600 KWh’s.
(source: NSTAR meter at site, multiplier=1200)
Scituate’s reading on 22 Dec. stands at 2,322,190 KWh’s
(source: powerdash.com web-linked meter)
Does Kially Ruiz find this above picture accurate ? Does he think recent claims about “turbines for sale” in Kingston scientific and factual ? I myself doubt it. Kially is of course free to comment here. -Malcolm
August 13, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Kingston’s tower is not 90m. It is an 80m tower. Kingston was commissioned on May 16th.
Please note that the Hull turbine was installed on a 60m tower, and Scituate’s on an 80m tower. This is a huge difference and the wind speeds at hub height would definitely be higher for Scituate. Therefore it is reasonable to expect a higher capacity factor for Scituate.
This all goes to say that it is very difficult to make straight comparisons between wind turbines.