Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by foota on Sunday November 20, 2016 @03:58AM
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Wind is generally stronger at night. The issue with wind is intermittency.
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Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by dreamcompiler on Sunday November 20, 2016 @12:27PM
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Likewise solar. Solar contains a predictable component with a stochastic component (clouds) overlaid.
Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by nickik on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:20PM
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Solar thermal can mostly solve the problem.
Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by tr352 on Sunday November 20, 2016 @04:42AM
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Wind is usually stronger during daylight.
Re:A $900B Oil Treasure Lies Beneath West Texas Desert
by Someone on Sunday November 20, 2016 @06:18AM
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I expect that to be dependent on location. Near coasts, for example, the physics driving sea and land breezes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind#Sea_and_land_breezes) will either increase or decrease wind speed depending on local prevailing winds.
It also can depend a lot on height (very important for wind turbines)