Studies can show whatever the funder wants.Begin with flawed assumptions on generator efficiency,reliability,and maintenance.Add unlimited government funding. If wind were viable and profitable the utilities would have built them long ago.
Wind powered generators , like solar,are terrific in certain niche situations where conventional power plants are too distant or not economically viable.
Seems to me the best way to implement wind and solar is to do it for a single household. Design the home to be self-sufficient.
I think we’ve gone too far with the central power provider model.
If we would put more effort into developing things to feed into the single family dwelling model, we could become a lot more efficient IMO.
This hasn’t caught on, and that’s probably because it’s not as feasible as I think it is.
One area that interests me a lot is a solar focal steam generator using a water lens. These can get up to thousands of degrees hot.
There are a lot of ideas out there. I’d like to see some of them picked up by a going concern, and made available to consumers.