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13. In the grand scheme of things

Mon Aug 17, 2015, 03:28 PM

Aug 2015

4500 turbines is nothing. Easy peasy, piece-of-cake level of civil construction. We'll be building far more than 4500 of these in the coming years.

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Swiss without nuclear power after shutdown [View all] bananas Aug 2015 OP

...and the world didn't end! Demeter Aug 2015 #1

In a place that gets... bobclark86 Aug 2015 #10

In July Geneva gets more hours of sun Blues Heron Aug 2015 #16

They shouldn't bother restarting them. bananas Aug 2015 #6

It only takes about 200 6MW Wind turbines to equal the output Blues Heron Aug 2015 #4

It takes more than that and storage too truthisfreedom Aug 2015 #5

They're grid tied, you don't need to store it. Blues Heron Aug 2015 #7

Generate 26TWh with wind turbines and we'll talk. bobclark86 Aug 2015 #9

They certainly do Blues Heron Aug 2015 #11

I love how you say 4,500 turbines is nothing... n/t bobclark86 Aug 2015 #12

In the grand scheme of things Blues Heron Aug 2015 #13

4500 is nothing? FBaggins Aug 2015 #19

Not even close FBaggins Aug 2015 #18

And apparently not needed - at least in Switzerland. Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #8