Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

[Joeboy]

I'm away to set up another weather point on my phone so I can keep an eye on Graig Fatha. I wonder if it's on yet?
16.2mph down there, 8.7mph up here. Unashamedly excited!

and nice and steady for the whole of the rest of the week too. Perfect for commissioning and running in...
Wonder if there will be any money back in April, or whether it will be May before we see it?
A

I spoke too soon... Gales forecast now! - Except that the BBC forecast for Pontypridd shows nothing higher than 19mph in the week. Anyone got a better location to put in to the BBC website? I have tried Tonyrefail but it looks no different.
A

This is the last comm I got from Sarah,

'We are expecting the turbine to be connected to the grid on 6th March, at this point the pre-commissioning tests can begin. From the 8th the turbine should be able to export, albeit not at full output for a few days. By 14th March it should be operating and exporting at full output. We are planning a 'switch on' event around that time. You'll get an email about that shortly.'

They hit the first date so with fortune should be turning today and outputting which will i'm sure be metered and we'll catch up to our bits of it later. I'm a simple man, just looking forward to seeing the blades rotate. I hope they eventually webcam the site. I have it peaking at 20.5mph at midday today. I use this post code, CF39 8DJ

[Mr Gus]

Joe's wife: "what are you doing on that laptop?

Joe: Viewing Welsh web-cam wind-porn

Joes wife: too specific, ..is that really a thing?

Joe: it is now!

[Joeboy]

Joe's wife: "what are you doing on that laptop?

Joe: Viewing Welsh web-cam wind-porn

Joes wife: too specific, ..is that really a thing?

Joe: it is now!

Getting old, need the bigger screen!


From the interweb i gleaned these rough wind speeds for operation. Very generic yet somewhere to hang our collective hats.
CF39 8DJ
Start up 10mph
Optimal 33mph
Shutdown 55mph

[nowty]

51% of WT2 sold now.

[Joeboy]

51% of WT2 sold now.

Saw that! Hopefully the switch on of WT1 and the war in Ukraine will boost uptake of WT2. If it doesn't its just confirmation of the sheeplike att.

[Mr Gus]

Need to wake some damn broadcasters up to it, R4, world service, where the hell are you?

[Joeboy]

Was out at a mates house for his 1st EV experience. Guess what I was thinking about on the way home?


Stopped and listened to the swoosh for a bit.

[John_S]

Need to wake some damn broadcasters up to it, R4, world service, where the hell are you?

R4 Money Box would be the best bet.

moneybox@bbc.co.uk

[nowty]

Supposed to be the last day of commissioning for WT1 today.

I wonder if we start clocking up rebate immediately or whether there is a particular date or event where Octopus have to agree the actual export meter reading for the start of the power purchase agreement.

[Joeboy]

Supposed to be the last day of commissioning for WT1 today.

I wonder if we start clocking up rebate immediately or whether there is a particular date or event where Octopus have to agree the actual export meter reading for the start of the power purchase agreement.

I hope it's from rotation 1!