Think local wetlands commission and be afraid, be very afraid...
Bob Shell wrote:
> 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
>
>
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