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last1standing

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13. Google Ludington Pumped Storage Facility

Reply to pediatricmedic (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 23, 2013, 07:31 PM

Sep 2013

That is one answer for core energy using renewables. Right now, Ludington is being served by a coal powered plant and so its major benefit is to provide power during peak times at a lower cost for the energy company. However, if the facility were served by offshore wind turbines it could service the area with core energy for nothing more than the cost of initial construction and maintenance. Consumer's Energy and DTE have even proposed this plan but the state of Michigan refuses to give them the go-ahead.

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Wind power now competitive with conventional sources [View all] bananas Sep 2013 OP

Now there are NO MORE EXCUSES!! Bill USA Sep 2013 #1

Except wind doesn't provide continuous power 24/7, conventional plants are still needed pediatricmedic Sep 2013 #5

Google Ludington Pumped Storage Facility last1standing Sep 2013 #13

Really good idea for areas that can do this pediatricmedic Sep 2013 #17

I've done research on this and we could do it in many locations. last1standing Sep 2013 #18

I like the idea of going big with this, but not sure we could on your scale pediatricmedic Sep 2013 #20

Of course not every site is ideal but alternatives such as you mentioned could suffice. last1standing Sep 2013 #23

Convert former mountaintop removal sites to pumped-hydro. kentauros Sep 2013 #29

Wind will be here forever. ConcernedCanuk Sep 2013 #16

They're ugly!! progressoid Sep 2013 #6

From the beach of L. Michigan in Milwaukee, I can see the brown cloud over Chicago Kolesar Sep 2013 #11

LOL. Reminds me of the pig farmer who loved the smell of pig manure... SunSeeker Sep 2013 #15

About frigging time! nt Cryptoad Sep 2013 #2

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #3

Tipping point Hydra Sep 2013 #4

Good news. n/t Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #7

Kick Squinch Sep 2013 #8

Haters take note jpak Sep 2013 #9

The Globe say gas is about one cent cheaper Kolesar Sep 2013 #10

And this calculation does account for all the secondary costs of dirty power, mining, radiation, diane in sf Sep 2013 #24

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #12

Another Wingnut lie Heathen57 Sep 2013 #14

Other than the excuse that Kennedys and other rich people don't want them. Pterodactyl Sep 2013 #19

This ought to get The Wizard Sep 2013 #21

Hopefully NY will follow, although I'm not sure how much Cuomo is indebted to the Koch's. nt adirondacker Sep 2013 #22

I Just signed up for wind power at .67 cents kW/hr farmbo Sep 2013 #25

6.7 cents/kW*hr? Kolesar Sep 2013 #27

This is possible due to federal subsidies apparently Southerner Sep 2013 #26

The locks and dams on the Ohio River are financed by the taxpayer, too Kolesar Sep 2013 #28