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I don't count out solar. I have been formally educated on wind and solar power generation. Just an associates.
The cost of wind power is likely to go up as all the good spots get taken. A good place for a wind farm has easy highway access and is near a substation, or at least near power lines that can handle incoming wind power.
Otherwise you have to run power lines and build roads for miles, then build a substation to tie into the existing power grid, assuming the existing power lines don't need to be upgraded. That right there can double the cost of wind farm.
If miles of power lines need to be upgraded then the actual wind turbines them selves can easily become 1/4 to 1/3 of the total cost.
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