Regardless it’s not hard to build a LCOE calc in excel. Could crank it out in a weekend. I’m sure they’ve used reasonable assumptions. You and I should do the $4m job for half price! Leverage all those fake credentials of yours to attract some business. Or deter business given you’re anti climate change beliefs lol

ECR is not a straight forward number and I’m unsurprised it’s not been mentioned. LCOE is still a healthy indicator at this stage.

Anyways I got more important work to do but it’s been fun engaging with you.

Spreadsheets like the LCOE are NOT proprietary and we as taxpayers OWN those produced by taxpayer-paid Government consultants. WE PAID for the work, WE OWN everything produced. Even Greenrock admitted to me that spreadsheets are “industry standard.” Government remains silent but stated to me that it has “experts” reviewing my comments.

For starters, the main issue is taking the word of someone who has an agenda to push just because they say so. You have no idea what values were used even for the LCOE, what variables were excluded, or what was included by any consultants. Zero-knowledge.

Knowing what goes into the “industry standard” LCOE spreadsheet as I have several variations, I can state it does not compute the ECkR – not even close. The goal is to incrementally move the wind farm forward by spoonfeeding the public with nebulous information because the public is clueless.

Go back to my simple car analogy. Has Greenrock or Government ever said where the electricity will come from when the turbines are not generating electricity for whatever reason? That there is a cost to have BELCO’s generators on standby 24×7?

If you wish to personally fund the consulting work, go for it. Break out your checkbook and write a personal check for $4 million to Government. To be fair, also write a $4 million check to Greenrock so we can compare the papers produced.

If having detailed first-hand subject matter expertise that effortlessly debunks your comments and exposes the glaring flaws in the dueling wind farm proposals makes me immature, please feel free to call me an immature subject matter expert. Regardless, I know what I am talking about, you do not.

Otherwise, respectfully sir/madam, you are benched!

Obviously they won’t make those spread sheets public it’s proprietary. They are conflicting consultations because they propose completely different tech and have different teams on them. Also To think that a large commercial installer couldn’t come in and put up 4-12 turbines is nieve. That’s light work for them.

I agree that the derisking shows weakness in the proposal but the clear and most obvious risk is hurricane risk. Ricardo went with multiple lower hub height turbines to increase survival while green rock opted for hurricane rated large turbines.

You listing your credentials is still a bunch a fluff as far as I’m concerned and you’re clearly immature.

Reread the consultation papers. Neither paper specified a range for the end cost of electricity delivered to consumers and businesses – the Estimated Consumer kWh Rate (ECkR). Both stated the deliberately misleading and irrelevant to Bermudians Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE), a rate which is not the ECkR. Again, neither Greenrock nor Government released any spreadsheets showing how the LCOE or anything other number was calculated. I wrote to the Greenrock and Government contacts, and both refused to release any spreadsheet. Why? You sir/madam, have been debunked. Strike two!

“With today’s turbine tech, Bermuda’s project is well within reach for the pros. Your doubts about its feasibility and cost implications don’t hold water.” I have absolutely no doubts that an offshore wind farm for Bermuda is absurdly cost-prohibitive. Again, why does Greenrock and Government refuse to release any spreadsheets? Why do the Government consultants want $4 million dollars to “derisk” the project for vendors? Greenrock and Government consultants, the “pros,” cannot even agree upon the size of the turbines nor the ideal location for wind farm placement. Those whales just do not swim. You sir/madam, have been debunked. Strike three! You are out!

I documented only a portion of my expertise and you have stated none and shown none. You keep swinging and missing.

Three strikes are all you get so I will not even bother responding to your comments on greening.

90% HAHAHAHA! WOW!

I’ve just discovered that “”Greenrock is a registered charity (#704). So why is it delivering misleading information as if it were a commercial enterprise seeking to persuade the public of its good intentions in making a profit?

The consultation did lay out projected kWh costs, competitive with or better than BELCO’s rates. Even without every assumption spelled out, that transparency shows they’ve done their homework.

With today’s turbine tech, Bermuda’s project is well within reach for the pros. Your doubts about its feasibility and cost implications don’t hold water.

And this bit about ‘the earth greening’? It’s a gross oversimplification. Ignoring the nuanced impacts of increased CO2 just shows a disconnect between the expertise you claim and the points you’re trying to make.

Analogy for a wind turbine: Would you spend tens of thousands of dollars on a car that only ran about 1/3 of the time? Then pay for alternate means of transportation like a taxi, a bus, or a motor bike for the 2/3 of the time your car does not run? A wind farm in Bermuda must be backed up by BELCO fossil fuel-powered generators. Ask yourself why neither Greenrock nor Government will release any spreadsheets showing how numbers were calculated. No one will put forth the projected kWh cost to consumers and businesses. Why? Because it is HUGE! The cost of electricity most certainly will not go down.

As to plants, how big would a human baby grow if you cut back on food? CO2 is required for plant growth on land and in the sea. Rumor has it that the earth is greening at record levels. Just a rumor, of course. This thing called the Internet has all sorts of rumors floating about.

Can’t believe you have all those credentials and are suggesting that plants won’t grow if we reduce our CO2 output. Excess CO2 is more of a curse than a blessing and that’s obvious. Why do you think otherwise?

Not to worry, BELCO will take up the slack!

Well, as to me, just a few relevant things to mention: Technology Expert Reviewer for The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) & Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Third National Climate Assessment, Fifth National Climate Assessment, 2022–2031 USGCRP Decadal Strategic Plan, Framing the National Nature Assessment. Bermuda LED bulb purchase program. Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS): Climate Change and Bermuda Part 1. Bermuda’s National Electric Vehicle Policy and Strategy Consultation. Bermuda’s Offshore Wind Farm Consultation. Open peer review: Improving science advice to Governments. Never claimed to be a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

So, tell me about yourself.

There’s plenty of resource out there to understand how CO2 emissions are affecting our planet. If you’re a bit older you probably can see first hand how the weather in Bermuda has become more variable. Please go read a few articles. Learning is the way forward.

Think of all the plants in Bermuda that will not meet their full growth potential because of the reduction in CO2.