On Jan 7, 2007, at 12:16 AM, Digital Image Studio wrote: > They are actually quite effiecient these days both in a conversions > sense and in the fact that in relatively remote outposts transmission > losses are minimised due to the proximity of the generators to the > users. As such they are becoming far more widely embraced in > Australia. > > Current technology is providing upwards of 4MW per turbine, so a farm > of 20 turbines can produce in the order of 800MW or about half to a > one third the size of an average coal fired power plant (in > Australia).
I looked into wind turbines as a possible power source for a retirement home I was hoping to build. There is a nice hilltop on the land and a more or less constant wind. The problem I ran into was the up front cost of the things. I'd be dead and gone long before the cost was amortized. Since there is a nice stream through the property, I'm now thinking more of water power. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
