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To: bikerman
As long as the wind is blowing and you have some way of storing the electricity from it just like solar panels are great as long as the sun is shining and you have a way to store the juice. otherwise its an eyesore and how long before its paid for from the electric it produces?

There is no need for storage, the energy is put on the grid. 7ish years including the Production Tax Credit.

36 posted on 12/16/2009 1:01:50 PM PST by DungeonMaster (camel, eye of a needle; rich man, heaven)
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To: DungeonMaster

There is a need for storage. The grid’s power needs are not consistent.

A windfarm in TX or OK makes power when it can. Sometimes the power is negatively priced, but still produced because the gov’t subsidies make it profitable to make electricity nobody needs.


44 posted on 12/16/2009 1:17:08 PM PST by revtown
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