12-15-2018, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Higher capacity wind turbines don't really undermine what Sendler was getting at. Suppose we're using 8 MW turbines instead; that's still 250,000 individual turbines. Since they are larger, they are more labor and materials intensive. It might not be as difficult as building 1M smaller turbines, but it's not significantly easier.
Where's the storage? If no storage, where is the backup generation coming from when the wind isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining?
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International grid-inter-ties could mitigate some of the issue.N-S,E-W.
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