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FBaggins

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9. Do you really think that's true?

Reply to FogerRox (Reply #7)

Wed May 15, 2013, 05:48 AM

May 2013

Not the "envy" nonsense... but the claim that wind generation costs 3.3 cents/kwh?

If that were true... you've got to ask yourself why demand falls by up 75-80% when government support dries up? Natural gas development is booming with prices more than double that amount.

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2014 Is Looking To Be A 7,000 Megawatt Year For Wind Power Capacity And Innovation [View all] kristopher May 2013 OP

K&R defacto7 May 2013 #1

Down from almost double that last year? FBaggins May 2013 #2

"Down almost double"? kristopher May 2013 #3

Perhaps if you read it again? FBaggins May 2013 #4

It's gibberish. kristopher May 2013 #5

They've got MW envy. FogerRox May 2013 #7

Do you really think that's true? FBaggins May 2013 #9

You've confused ignorance on your part with lack of clarity on mine. FBaggins May 2013 #8

30% CF seems very low. Everything I've read dating from 3 yrs ago points at 33%-35%. FogerRox May 2013 #6

It's a reasonable figure to use. FBaggins May 2013 #10

OP is about 2014. Not CF of older turbines. FogerRox May 2013 #11

The post you replied to is about eight years of production. FBaggins May 2013 #12

UR right Kris never mentioned 2014 in that comment. FogerRox May 2013 #13