Climate change: the true price of the warmists' folly is becoming clear

[Diver]

Yes, but are we going to be installing those.

Also if the largest turbine in the world is only rated at 6-7MW (and isn't even operational yet), I have my doubts about the 10MW ones.

http://www.metaefficient.com/news/ne...megawatts.html

10MW Test turbines are already in operation, 6.5 MW+ turbines are already on order and in production for 3 of the development zones.

[AtW]

Yes, but are we going to be installing those.

Also if the largest turbine in the world is only rated at 6-7MW (and isn't even operational yet), I have my doubts about the 10MW ones.

http://www.metaefficient.com/news/ne...megawatts.html

The date on that link is by Justin on February 3, 2008, or nearly 2 years ago.

[EternalOptimist]

Er ..... Dodgy
my opinions are those of senior engineers within the very companies who have the contracts to build and maintain these things

sounds a lot like Gordons
I take full responsibility, and those responsible have resigned


you dont actually have an opinion. do you ?

Sometimes its wise to recognise you are dealing with an expert and to shut yer gob.

Diver ... over to you

[DodgyAgent]

[QUOTE=Diver;1042531]

I deal every working day with the senior engineers of all but two of the companies involved in Construction and Operation, Maintenance and management of the existing offshore wind farms and the proposed Round 3 wind farms, I am also involved directly in coordinating O&M on several of the existing wind farms.
You may be dealing with HR managers and lower echelon engineers and other managers, but theirs is not the opinion of those senior enough to have full insight of the issues involved, either financial or logistical.

Not an HR manager in sight, which means that in order to get my nose in the trough I need the sponsorship of senior management.

What is O&M in English?

[Diver]

[QUOTE=DodgyAgent;1042559]

Not an HR manager in sight, which means that in order to get my nose in the trough I need the sponsorship of senior management.

What is O&M in English?

Operations and Maintenance

HTH

Now I'm off to watch 10,000 BC

[DodgyAgent]

[QUOTE=Diver;1042561]

Operations and Maintenance

HTH

Now I'm off to watch 10,000 BC

I think your level of contact may be at PR(opoganda) and marketing level

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...-question.html

[AtW]

I think your level of contact may be at PR(opoganda) and marketing level

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...-question.html

"Plans to power every home in Britain with electricity generated by 6,000 new wind turbines around the coast have been called into question due to a shortage of engineers."

Well, Dodgy, it's your job to find engineers, innit? And if so wtf are you doing on CUK, go back to your cold calling!

[TimberWolf]

Dealing Directly with building the supply chain for offshore wind farms for the past year, I have come to realise that very few manufacturers in the UK are capable of meeting the demand, are unwilling to commit to retooling to meet the requirements or are simply far too expensive.
Those (very) few that are willing and able, I have fronted for inclusion in the supply chain.

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Why hasn't our industry invested?

Aren't these wind energy projects heavily subsidised? In effect UK tax payers will be subsidising foreign firms?

[BrilloPad]

Aren't these wind energy projects heavily subsidised? In effect UK tax payers will be subsidising foreign firms?

But nuclear power stations would be developed by the French : so not much better there.

I can understand why our young children dont want to enter marine engineering though. The prospect of working with Diver must put off alot of youngsters.....

[AtW]

I can understand why our young children dont want to enter marine engineering though. The prospect of working with Diver must put off alot of youngsters.....

What about prospects of working in the City alongside with BrilloPad?