Comments on: Multibrid eyes Ontario for offshore turbine manufacturing http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2065 Anonymous Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:37:16 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2065 Hi Em, I think that climate change, and the more powerful storms that result from it, ruins landscapes. Derelict factories and coal-fired power plants aren't much better. Maybe we could work towards these problems with wind power, which is neither uneconomic (esp. if there's a carbon price through tax, cap and trade, or both) nor inefficient (offshore wind power will have a higher capacity factor than on-shore, and converting wind to electricity isn't inefficient, it's intermittent. It produces about 30% of its rated power on-shore because the wind doesn't always blow at 50 km/h). Hi Em,

I think that climate change, and the more powerful storms that result from it, ruins landscapes. Derelict factories and coal-fired power plants aren’t much better. Maybe we could work towards these problems with wind power, which is neither uneconomic (esp. if there’s a carbon price through tax, cap and trade, or both) nor inefficient (offshore wind power will have a higher capacity factor than on-shore, and converting wind to electricity isn’t inefficient, it’s intermittent. It produces about 30% of its rated power on-shore because the wind doesn’t always blow at 50 km/h).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2067 Anonymous Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:43:28 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2067 I don't think so. The opposition of offshore windfarm in the US is huge. Just look at how bad the Cape Wind Project is going. If the US screws up the renewal of PTC, Ontairo may even be able to lure wind turbine manufacturers that planned to go to the US to come here. One of them in my mind is Nordex. I don’t think so. The opposition of offshore windfarm in the US is huge. Just look at how bad the Cape Wind Project is going. If the US screws up the renewal of PTC, Ontairo may even be able to lure wind turbine manufacturers that planned to go to the US to come here. One of them in my mind is Nordex.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2066 Anonymous Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:25:19 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2066 Unfortunately i think your last paragraph summarizes what will eventually happen... ...when have we (Ontario) ever been 'quick' to grab opportunities??? Unfortunately i think your last paragraph summarizes what will eventually happen…

…when have we (Ontario) ever been ‘quick’ to grab opportunities???

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2064 Anonymous Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:49:42 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2064 Scream all you want... Scream all you want…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 Anonymous Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:41:33 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2063 If more of my tax dollars are wasted to support the non-economic, inefficient, landscape ruining wind power industry, I will SCREEEAAAMMM!!!!!! If more of my tax dollars are wasted to support the non-economic, inefficient, landscape ruining wind power industry, I will SCREEEAAAMMM!!!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2062 Anonymous Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:04:12 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2062 I don't have an opinion on how fast Ontario will act. I just know they have to act fast. They've basically just been handed an opportunity on a silver platter, and while I'm sure Multibrid wants some incentives to sweeten the deal, this appears on the surface a no-brainer for a province getting pummelled by the loss of auto-industry jobs. I don’t have an opinion on how fast Ontario will act. I just know they have to act fast. They’ve basically just been handed an opportunity on a silver platter, and while I’m sure Multibrid wants some incentives to sweeten the deal, this appears on the surface a no-brainer for a province getting pummelled by the loss of auto-industry jobs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-2061 Anonymous Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:32:03 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2008/06/19/multibrid-eyes-ontario-for-offshore-turbine-manufacturing/#comment-2061 It is good to read you still have hope for Ontario. Unfortunately, I do not think Ontario will act fast enough to provide a fertile environment for Multibrid. Not unless Areva gives them some kind of deal on a nuke plant.... Sorry for the cynicism. Just one of those days. Darklamp It is good to read you still have hope for Ontario. Unfortunately, I do not think Ontario will act fast enough to provide a fertile environment for Multibrid. Not unless Areva gives them some kind of deal on a nuke plant….

Sorry for the cynicism. Just one of those days.

Darklamp

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