BP Wind Energy ready for full construction - BP Wind Energy pulled out all the stops Monday to announce that its 9,000-acre Mehoopany Wind Farm in Wyoming County has moved into full construction.

I love the way these articles talk about the number of homes that can be powered with wind.  Yes, maybe if there was large scale energy storage included.  The facts are that landbased wind in the US is typically most available from midnight to about 6 or 8 AM.  The capacity factor is about 30%.  Yes, the wind farm will, under ideal conditions, supply enough energy to power 40,000 homes if they each use about 780KWh per month.  But the problem is, that energy is most available when the typical home owner is least likely to be using it.

I see where Ms. Reilly of RES Americas put in a plug for extension of the PTC.  The fact is, without the PTC, neither BP nor Sempra would have participated in building the facility.  It is all about getting the tax credit--all about feeding at the federal hog trough which is replenished by people and businesses who actually do pay taxes--a fast shrinking pool.