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

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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.