October 31, 2007
Emissions, Grid, Noise, Vermont

Prefiled Testimony Opposing East Haven Windfarm

Hewson, Tom

“Q. Will one megawatt hour from a wind turbine displace one megawatt hour from a conventional fossil power plant?

“A. Highly unlikely. …

“Since wind supplies only intermittent power, its power purchasers have been unable to credit any of the wind project’s rated capacity towards their minimum reserve capacity requirements needed to assure a reliable power supply. As a result, wind purchases did not avoid or delay the buyers need to build or purchase new power capacity to meet their growing load requirements. Wind projects supplied only energy not capacity.”

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[1] Prefiled Testimony Opposing East Haven Windfarm: https://docs.wind-watch.org/hewson-easthavenvtprefiled.doc