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LindsayRichards
Aug 12, 2012Explorer
The link you attempted to post is mainly about proposed and approved wind farms. The link below from Forbes, a well respected business magazine tells a truer story. The smaller sized windmills are never going to be competitive. The larger one in the North Sea is the same one (165 huge windmills) that was scheduled to be built off Cape Code, but was stopped as it marred the view of the late senator Kennedy and was cancelled. They are finding that the foundations are collapsing after about 8 years rather than the 20 years of expected life. The cost of the electricity produced is mainly derived to initial cost of the installation. This works out to a 250% increase of the cost of electricity generated by large windmills which have been touted as the future of the wind industry. If you had been keeping up with the wind industry, you would be aware of this as it is well know and one of the main reasons the whole concept is being abandoned in the UK. Once again, what type of alternative energy have you personally chosen to invest in for your own use?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/01/11/shaky-foundations-for-offshore-wind-farms/
http://climaterealists.com/?id=10070
http://www.forbes.com/sites/energysource/2012/01/11/shaky-foundations-for-offshore-wind-farms/
http://climaterealists.com/?id=10070
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