Comments on: Bonneville Power Administration vs. wind energy /news/2011/05/27/bonneville-power-administration-vs-wind-energy-2/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Mon, 02 Dec 2013 07:53:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Krista hiles /news/2011/05/27/bonneville-power-administration-vs-wind-energy-2/#comment-99734 Mon, 02 Dec 2013 07:53:49 +0000 /?p=72361#comment-99734 The wind’s long-term collection and distribution can create an amount of power much larger than the amount that we as a planet currently consume. The fact of the matter is that the cost and complexity of equipment as well as instillation of wind power generators. Hydroelectric power does not have the potential external costs like emitting greenhouse gases that of course, heat the planet up and lead to habitat destruction, like the destruction of coral reefs and even glaciers.

]]> By: Lowland1 /news/2011/05/27/bonneville-power-administration-vs-wind-energy-2/#comment-99733 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:25:27 +0000 /?p=72361#comment-99733 • No green house gasses are added when Hydro Power is replacing Wind Energy on the power grid.
• Seems that the only thing wind producers are complaining about is the loss of corporate revenues. For profit wind companies would risk harm to fish over loss of corporate income.
• With the estimated value of wind subsidies at $45.00 per each Mega-watt hour (MWh) wind producers have incentive to cause power prices to go close to -45.00 before it becomes not profitable to operate wind.
• BPA and the policy of not paying to sell power keeps wind producers from facing the risk of having to pay up to $45.00 to sell there power saving them from a great loss in energy value.

• Conclusion is that BPA did the right thing for both Fish, Environment and NW rate payers that do not need to keep subsidizing California and corporate for profit wind producers.

Call or write your politicians and be part of the fix.

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