106: Wind Farming

Wind Farms are getting bigger and spreading throughout the world both on and off-shore. Vic joins John to talk about Wind Turbines, John's new Tesla and the launch of the new Video podcast/vodcast Pragmatic Electric.With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey.TechDistortion Articles Discussed: Retro Mac Pro Retro Mac Pro Part 2 Upgrading the Mac Pro SSD Upgrading the Mac Pro RAM Buying A Tesla Pragmatic Electric Links: Pragmatic Electric Pragmatic: Electric - YouTube Introducing Pragmatic Electric Audiobook Narration Work: Voice For Hire Shoot Like a Ninja on Apple Books The Knack of Selling on Apple Books Engineered Network Episodes Referenced: The Battery Problem Follow-up 1 Deepwater Horizon Ocean Ranger Coopers Gap Links: Australia’s biggest wind farm at Coopers Gap to undergo major repairs The largest wind turbine blades ever transported in Australia begin their journey Coopers Gap Wind Farm Graziers split over proposed location of wind turbines near Kingaroy Links of Potential Interest: ATLASX Wind Turbine Australian Wind Farms Regularly Deliver Tiny Fraction of Their Total Capacity What does the capacity factor of wind mean? What is a wind class? What is the minimum wind speed required for wind power generation? Hywind Scotland Doubly-fed electric machine Double-Fed Induction Generator Single floating offshore Windcatcher unit could power 80,000 European homes Vertical axis wind turbines far more efficient offshore Operation and maintenance costs of wind generated power Breaking down the cost of wind turbine maintenance List of onshore wind farms List of offshore wind farms Papalote Creek Wind Farm Support Pragmatic on PatreonEpisode sponsor:Many Tricks: If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps. Check out their newest app Menuwhere, it’s amazing! Visit manytricks.com/pragmatic and use the Coupon Code (listen to the episode to get the code) for 25% off the total price of your order. Hurry it's only for a limited time!Episode Gold Producers: 'r' and Steven Bridle.Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, John Whitlow, Kevin Koch, Shane O'Neill, Oliver Steele, Lesley Law Chan, Hafthor, Jared, Bill, Joel Maher and Katharina Will.