Ripple Energy wind farm?

TCA

I might be wrong but (without checking) I believe Ripple have been appointed as managing agents for 5 years. The Graig Fatha co-op can kick them out after that if they so wish, if for example they couldn't agree on management fees. The same would apply to Kirk Hill if the co-op own the majority of the SPV, but that perhaps looks unlikely at the moment.

barker77

Hmmm still wondering if I should invest in this. Might do a few hundred so nothing lost if goes bad 

TCA

barker77 said:

Hmmm still wondering if I should invest in this. Might do a few hundred so nothing lost if goes bad 

Depends what you mean by "goes bad". The share offer currently closes at midnight on 28th March but looks likely to be extended, so still plenty time to make your mind up. E.ON Next customers might boost the uptake shortly but it's still at 53%, so a long way to go yet.   

Coastalwatch

barker77 said:

Hmmm still wondering if I should invest in this. Might do a few hundred so nothing lost if goes bad 

Hi Barker, if it's of any use our share of wind farm one generated the following daily amounts this week in kWh's, 16.56, 11.23, and today looks like being a good un, so far it's been 1.55kW's for each hour, so 17 kWh's up until 11.00 hrs!

Considering the hurdles Ripple had to overcome when stting up their first wind farm the second should be a doddle. But of course, I'm a half glass full merchant. :)You pays your money and takes your choice!

TCA

Coastalwatch said:

barker77 said:

Hmmm still wondering if I should invest in this. Might do a few hundred so nothing lost if goes bad 

Hi Barker, if it's of any use our share of wind farm one generated the following daily amounts this week in kWh's, 16.56, 11.23, and today looks like being a good un, so far it's been 1.55kW's for each hour, so 17 kWh's up until 11.00 hrs!

Considering the hurdles Ripple had to overcome when stting up their first wind farm the second should be a doddle. But of course, I'm a half glass full merchant. :)You pays your money and takes your choice!

How does that compare to the expected kWh from the wattage you purchased?

Coastalwatch

My TCA you are taking a very keen interest in almost everything I post. If I didn't know better I'd wonder if you might be thinking of starting a fan club.

In a year with average wind speed then our share in Graig Fatha would generate 0.69 kWh's each and every hour of the day and night so from there you will be able to calculate at this early stage whether or not we are indeed keeping up with expectations!

From my view I'm just delighted to see it up, running and contributing to the countries energy demands together with going some way to mitigate the extortionate price of current fossil fuelled energy. Others of course may not be quite so pleased. But just checking the grid then its a good day overall as currently 62.9% is covered by wind and solar. Gas at 7% is the only FF in use currently.

paul991

wind  is the same as  solar in so that you  will have  good days  and  bad days but  do not worry they will average out over the years.To take anything from 2 days figures  is  just  stupid.

Coastalwatch

Thanks for the compliment Paul.

Because there appears to be so many people humming and haring about subscribing or not to wind farm 2, I've posted our generation figures and returns merely to show they are real and not just a figment of imagination that some clever !!!!!! has dreamt up to con anyone out of their hard earned sheckles. Thankfully we live in a free country where we are allowed to make up our own minds, I know how long I deliberated upon having a PV array installed on our property so well aware how difficult it can be sometimes and especially when dealing with not insignificant sums.

TCA

Coastalwatch said:

My TCA you are taking a very keen interest in almost everything I post.

I can assure you my interest is only in Ripple. You posted output figures for Barker but it wasn't obvious what your ownership was. One without the other isn't much use. 

Yes, it's a bit early to draw comparisons, but out of interest I just wondered how it was looking.

Coastalwatch

TCA said:

Coastalwatch said:

My TCA you are taking a very keen interest in almost everything I post.

I can assure you my interest is only in Ripple. You posted output figures for Barker but it wasn't obvious what your ownership was. One without the other isn't much use. 

Yes, it's a bit early to draw comparisons, but out of interest I just wondered how it was looking.

Phew! Glad you cleared that up.