What's the story with the Windmills along I 65?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Stuck on October 15, 2009 at 9:16am

I have two good friends who are involved in these projects across the state. Ones father in law runs the business of putting them in and the other friend puts in the electrical configuration for them. Many different companies come together for projects like these. I don't know if they did the Brookston one, but they have worked on several throughout the state.

Funny thing about these, you still need electricty to power at a 50% rate so the turbines create 100% of the windmill power.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Frank on October 15, 2009 at 2:05pm

My aunt-in-law lives in Delphi and they were saying the windmills do not generate power for Indiana, rather for other cities across the country. I couldn't wrap my head around this. Still baffled. Could be hearsay, though.

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Permalink Reply by PK Koduri on October 15, 2009 at 2:33pm

I wouldn't be surprised at all. If IN cannot use surplus power then it has to be sent somewhere - the problem is we still don't have a good enough system to store electricity at least the kind we use. I also think unlike coal and nuclear plants Wind Mills have to be located in geographically suitable areas with good wind patterns. That may be why they might be located in IN but not necessarily supplying power to the state. But I do hope that there is some kind of reciprocal arrangement.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Frank on October 15, 2009 at 4:36pm

Your explanation makes sense, and that was basically what my relatives were saying, as well. But I agree; hopefully we are reaping some sort of benefit.

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Permalink Reply by Stephen James on October 15, 2009 at 4:34pm

"Informative" answer there from ChaCha! :-)

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