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Originally Posted by Besoeker
With respect, your comment:
in post #6 is wrong.
Ponder this.
If Rock Port could produce all of the power it needs from the wind turbines, there would be no requirement for a grid connection.
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Now pondered. Not quite so, because although Rock Port purportedly expects to produce more electricity than they consume over the annual period, it's fully acknowledged that grid connection is required for when the wind does not generate sufficient power. So although the articles claim Rock Port expect to generate all the power it needs, ( and they may well do if their figures are reliable ) they realise backup is required during intermittent times of lower than average wind, where the turbines are not generating sufficient electricity to meet their immediate needs.
Thus re-iterating my interpretation of the articles, being that Rockport realises that although they may be able to generate all the electricity they need on an annual basis, they wont always be generating sufficient electricity when they need it and also realise that there may be times when Rock Port may generate excess electricity, which can then be fed back into the grid. Thus I do see their explanations as reasonable as they fully disclose this context.