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The Cost of the Idle Turbines
The Idle Wind
I have just been through the west of China on a Silk Road tour, and have seen thousands of wind turbines, with many not turning, and or lying on the ground.
Jock Allison
Dunedin
New Zealand
The Cost of the Idle Turbines
Some seem unable to grasp the fact that power stations have to be amortized whether they are running or not. The interest on the capital tied up must be included in the cost of power from the power stations that are running while the turbines are idle.
I wonder how many of them have driven east from San Francisco through the huge wind farms and noticed how many towers and turbines are lying on the ground, and thought about why they had not been repaired?
Anon.
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