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Wind & Solar Can Generate Electricity For Half The Cost Of Nuclear

Juan Cole 04/27/2014

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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.”

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page

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