Good old government subsidies and it helps if you pay cash for everything. My company is planning to have an additional 1000MW added to the portfolio by the end of 2012.
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Worker Falls 500' To His Death From Newton Radio Tower
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Good old government subsidies and it helps if you pay cash for everything. My company is planning to have an additional 1000MW added to the portfolio by the end of 2012.
cockpitbob
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No wonder I feel my wallet shrink every time I look at one.
Exactly, fortunately when my company decides to build a farm subsidies play a small roll in the decision because they don't expect them to be available all the time.
Palladin
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The Commiewealth has Net Metering. The customer gets retail price back upon production to the grid, around $.14/kwh. A 1.5MW machine costs appx $4.6M furnished & installed, capacity factor at Charlestown is about 23%, translating....365x24x.23x1500 = 3 million kwh of production annually. $425k/year. The renewable energy certificates (RECs) sell for appx $.04/kwh, another $120k of income annually. Then take the 33% Investment tax credit into account (the gov't sends a check to the customer/owner for 1/3 of the total project cost) and it's a good deal.
$4.6M x .33 = $1.5M off the top, $3M divided by $500k/yr...payback in 6 years.
Palladin
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you should see the parking lot at deer island!! bodies all over the place! One of our guys was showing a client the turbines down there, they were standing under the blades...he hears WHAP! and half of a seagull lands at his feet!
![[rofl]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/013.gif "ROFL [rofl]")
P-14
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The helmet keeps you from banging your head on the way up and prevents cuts and bruises when you hit the tower or ladder cage while climbing. It is not designed to ensure a safe landing from a fall.
![[rolleyes]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/042.gif "Roll Eyes [rolleyes]")
RIP, man from Arkansas.
I am in this industry an have been for ten years now. Although I dont climb anymore I used to and do stupid things when I was younger. I feel terrible for his family and loved ones. I know how hard these guys work to make a pay check. You work wherever the work is, in all types of weather and all hours of the day and night. It truely is a tough job, but an exciting one. I have seen some beautiful sites up there and seen some scary sh*t too. I have respect for all who do this. So next time the tv, radio, or cell phone is on the fritz. Think of the guys up there trying to fix and make technology better. Just venting a little. Gave me goose bumps and made me remember all the close calls I had and am so thankful to have made it home to my family. RIP!
you should see the parking lot at deer island!! bodies all over the place! One of our guys was showing a client the turbines down there, they were standing under the blades...he hears WHAP! and half of a seagull lands at his feet!
And is this a bad thing??
![[wink]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/002.gif "Wink [wink]")
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To the original topic . . . RIP and thoughts go out to co-workers and Family.
I hate heights and that stuff is beyond spooky to me. More power to those that do such dangerous jobs.
namedpipes
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I think we still have a few seagulls left.
rep308
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They don't you, pay for them.
Ahh, when you put it like that, it makes sense.
The helmet keeps you from banging your head on the way up and prevents cuts and bruises when you hit the tower or ladder cage while climbing. It is not designed to ensure a safe landing from a fall.
RIP, man from Arkansas.
This! I'm willing to bet we will learn the guy did something wrong or had a critical equipment failure of some sort. I climb towers, and if you aren't attached via "buddy rail", you double hook your way up with the dual lanyard. Free climb is a huge no-no.
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I did a little tower climbing when I worked at MIT. We used something similar to the below pic. I spent a lot of time in Westford, Ma at "Haystack"...up and down the Golf Ball and on the other dishes.
Those only protect if the guy above you drops his tools.
I have some additional insider news about the tower incident.
A good friend of mine and fellow Ham, John Mullaney K1BOS, is a radio & TV engineer for Clear Channel.
He was on site in the control room when the accident occurred.
He made the first 911 call and opened the gates for the first responders.
The scene was much more gruesome than most of the media reported.
The deceased hit the guy wires on the way down and tried to grab on, but the wires acted like a cheese knife and severed some body parts.
He didn't hit the ground in one piece.
I heard they had a cadaver dog up there sniffing around for his missing hand.
![[shocked]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/007.gif "Shocked [shocked]")
A good friend of mine and fellow Ham, John Mullaney K1BOS, is a radio & TV engineer for Clear Channel.
He was on site in the control room when the accident occurred.
He made the first 911 call and opened the gates for the first responders.
The scene was much more gruesome than most of the media reported.
The deceased hit the guy wires on the way down and tried to grab on, but the wires acted like a cheese knife and severed some body parts.
He didn't hit the ground in one piece.
I heard they had a cadaver dog up there sniffing around for his missing hand.
kevin9
NES Member
Give us a lunch warning, please.I have some additional insider news about the tower incident.
A good friend of mine and fellow Ham, John Mullaney K1BOS, is a radio & TV engineer for Clear Channel.
He was on site in the control room when the accident occurred.
He made the first 911 call and opened the gates for the first responders.
The scene was much more gruesome than most of the media reported.
The deceased hit the guy wires on the way down and tried to grab on, but the wires acted like a cheese knife and severed some body parts.
He didn't hit the ground in one piece.
I heard they had a cadaver dog up there sniffing around for his missing hand.
I used to love climbing things when I was a kid... climbed the 150' smokestack at the Watertown (MA) Arsenal when I lived there in high school... but watching this video just makes we want to cry for mommy...
KBCraig
NES Member
You weren't working in Redfield, Arkansas a few years back, were you?
http://www.fox16.com/news/local/sto...lapses-One-Person/68WK3qaluUCutn6STJP2GA.cspx
No, but we still get a good laugh about it every once in a while. I actually lifted the truck off the ground with the drum winch, we should both be dead.
namedpipes
NES Member
![[laugh]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/012.gif "Laugh [laugh]")
