Talk:Huntly Power Station

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The paragraph on the load factor of Huntly had two clauses which made it look a bit silly. They were:


 * "about twice what the best wind farms could achieve in New Zealand" - this is like comparing apples and oranges; different power technologies have different characteristics. Embedded in the clause is the implication that wind power cannot substitute for thermal generation. That is certainly a common argument from defenders of coal-fired thermal power stations but this par is not the place the have the argument;


 * "in other words, it is rarely running substantially below peak capacity" - well, that is normal simply because of the characteristics of different generating units - ie maintenance downtime, load demand etc. there is no need for this extra clause given that the 85% figure is already cited.--Bob Burton (talk) 20:34, 15 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I think its a valid statement, it's in the refs or I wouldn't have put it in there, and it's far from comparing apples with oranges - this is about comparing fruit with fruit, which you can certainly do! However, I somewhat agree with you that it is not needed to be discussed at that specific place, so I won't revert your changes. Ingolfson (talk) 10:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The above edits read like a policy debate, which means they're original research, and therefore not allowed in Wikipedia. The NZ Herald citation doesn't even make these statements. --Lholden (talk) 10:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

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Load Factor
"Load factor of 85% or more" isn't understandable to a layperson (and the wikipedia entry for load factor isn't much help). After a bit of searching I believe this means that Huntly runs on average at 85% of its peak capability - which is a good thing compared to, say, a wind farm that will have a lower load factor (since its generation depends on wind strength). Can an expert clarify in the article? Mrgilbe1 (talk) 07:54, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes, those terms can be a bit confusing. Load factor is the average percent output when the plant is running. Net capacity factor (NCF) is more useful. This is the average output over the whole time period (ie including times not running for maintenance, breakdown, standby, etc). It appears that Brian Fallow might have confused those two parameters in that article cited.--Pakaraki (talk) 18:43, 18 April 2017 (UTC)