TVA again released results for 3 months of production, possibly to continue making difficult any attempts at year-to-year comparisons.
While TVA's recent newsletter announced the "successful first audit" of the "green" power switch program, TVA also recently quietly announced cancellation of plans to build a Regenesys energy storage facility near the wind power plant. TVA apparently declined to explain the cancellation, but publicity about the associated dangers, and less than "green" appearances, may have played a part in the decision.
The data now extends for 24 months (2 years) of operations. Total energy production, at 7 million kilowatt-hours, is only 17% more than the 6 million that TVA originally predicted would be produced every 12 months! With a lifetime capacity factor of about 20%, TVA is producing less than 60% as much power (on average) as their original predictions, which were based on 35% capacity factor. Wouldn't you like to know how they could be so far off?!
