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True Costs of Wind Electricity by Planning Engineer and Rud Istvan

June 1, 2015/in Environment, Featured, News, Science/by Climate Etc.

Wind turbines have become a familiar sight in many countries as a favorite CAGW mitigation means. Since at least 2010, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) has been assuring NGOs and the public that wind would be cost competitive by now, all things considered. Many pro-wind organizations claim wind is cost competitive today. But is it? Yet incentives […]