08-24-2014, 05:26 AM
quote:
Originally posted by leilanidude
I have no idea why you are worried about lightning arrestors. Not sure if lightning has ever been an issue there?
Don't have time to address all your blatherings but this one. Yes, they had a lightning strike event, and yes, there was a fairly large spill of pentane, their actual working fluid for the turbine.
You would be able to tell how Ormat hasn't been upgrading by looking at new geothermal plants. Their heat exchangers take up a quarter of the space. Please, if you are going to talk like you don't know your head from a steaming ground crack, then don't be so authoritative about it.
"We come in peace!" - First thing said by missionaries and extraterrestrials
*Japanese tourist on bus through Pahoa, "Is this still America?*