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mpm
- Jan 1, 1970
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Picking up a sub-thread from elsewhere:
Is wind generation profitable (even competitive) on a utility scale?
I read that Florida Power & Light was the largest wind operator. They
are an investor owned utility so I downloaded their annual report.
However, I can't decipher from that whether or not wind is _The
Answer_ to our energy woes.
What is the nameplate capacity of a typical utility-scale windmill
generator?
Is there a financial sweet-spot for grid capacity connection in terms
of kW or MW for these generators?
What really drives the economics of wind? Why all the excitement?
And while I'm at it, what ever happened to "too cheap to meter"?
-mpm
Is wind generation profitable (even competitive) on a utility scale?
I read that Florida Power & Light was the largest wind operator. They
are an investor owned utility so I downloaded their annual report.
However, I can't decipher from that whether or not wind is _The
Answer_ to our energy woes.
What is the nameplate capacity of a typical utility-scale windmill
generator?
Is there a financial sweet-spot for grid capacity connection in terms
of kW or MW for these generators?
What really drives the economics of wind? Why all the excitement?
And while I'm at it, what ever happened to "too cheap to meter"?
-mpm