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Old 08-30-2018, 01:45 PM   #2624 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
We really don't know what wind costs to install since I can't find any documented numbers on wind farms with a year of actual production and the total cost of the farm. Why hide the data and capex totals? We know what people say it costs. But we also read official cost reports on solar which turn out to be much higher in the real world.
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Wikipedia has data on Solar Star, Topaz, and Desert Sunlight which were all around $3.50/ Watt. At 30% capacity factor this makes them actually $10.50/ Watt installed not considering any further operating costs. And of course they produce 0 Wh every night.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_..._PV_facilities
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Look at Iowa - they are now getting over 31% of their electricity from wind. They are building more and more turbines all the time.
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