Wind & Solar Can Generate Electricity For Half The Cost Of Nuclear (via Clean Technica)
Originally published on Renew Economy. New-build wind and solar energy systems can generate electricity for up to 50 per cent cheaper than new nuclear power plants, a German study has found. The research, commissioned by German think tank Agora Energiewende…
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Related video:
GE’s 2.5-120 Wind Turbines in Rehborn, Germany
I advise watching the whole clip and reading the subtitles. It is truly beautiful.
The blurb:
“64 GE engineers, together with our client Juwi Energy Projects GmbH, built a wind farm in just five months at Rehborn near Mainz. Fourteen type 2.5-120 wind turbines have been installed, one of the most efficient high-performance wind turbines available in the world. Measuring 139 metre hub height with a rotor blade length of just under 60 metres, they will produce electricity for more than 30,000 households.”
@GerardDiTrolio Increasingly, the reasons not to force march to renewables are stranded assets, ideology. It ain’t costs.
@lolgop That would me that the Koch’s would have to work 2 seconds to pay average food bills for a year link to t.co