posts tagged as wind farms
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December 2019
The PTC was intended to be a temporary subsidy for a fledgling industry but has morphed into a massive handout for large...
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November 2019
In Minnesota, Xcel Energy estimates conservatively that it will cost $532,000 (in 2019 dollars) to decommission each of its wind turbines—a total...
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September 2019
Texas has the most wind capacity of any state, generating about 16 percent of its electricity from wind. In August, as temperatures...
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October 2018
A Harvard University study suggests that, under certain conditions and in the near term, increased wind power could mean more climate warming than would be...
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June 2018
Countries are finding that offshore wind is not only expensive, but noisy too. Brazil, the world’s eighth largest producer of wind power,...
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September 2017
Many of wind energy's problems, such as its intermittent nature; its slaying birds, bats and other animals; its noise pollution; its degradation...
