In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 5 Apr 2005 09:58:00 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The article in FSB about the South Dakota Indian tribe is a >perfect case in point. They have a great site. They have the >motivation. There are no political obstacles. But they have >no money, and when they go to a power-generator, or to a >bank, the problem is always the same - "sure we would invest >here, except the cost to get the power from Dakota to the >grid is then times higher than the cost of the wind-farm... >or whatever.
Since the cost of the connection to the grid is mostly pylons and labour, this objection can be overcome by making the wind farm bigger. There must be a size at which the connection becomes commercially viable. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk All SPAM goes in the trash unread.
