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This article details the price
of consumption as well as the amount of consumption of families
per year for electricity. The article shows that in all reality
the government and businesses have scared the consumer into
believing that we need large wind generation projects to
overcome our energy crisis and are fleecing the basic consumer
or family. The costs of large wind generation projects are very
high and may take years to realize any cost effectiveness in
their production and capacity.
The cost of wind power is far cheaper than the amount that is
spent on other means to create energy. Specifically the cost for
home-based wind turbines is much more cost effective than
utility grade wind generation. The cost on the low end for a
home-based wind generator is any where from 1,000.00 dollars to
6,000.00 including a 50 to 100 foot tower. The maintenance on a
home-based wind generator is about once or twice every twenty
years so it really is low maintenance when that is said. That is
compared to the cost of a utility grade producer, 1,000,000.00
dollars, which produces within the 20-megawatt range and more.
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The utility
producers require a certain amount of maintenance and are
required by law when licensed and permitted to produce a certain
amount of electricity that is why a community will almost never
see just one utility turbine constructed because the Department
of Energy requires that a certain amount is produced and because
of the cost of permitting from the department of energy,
100,000.00 dollars, a large upfront cost, in addition to the
permitting from local and state authorities.
These utility wind generators require whole maintenance crews
specially trained to maintain the facilities. If we look at the
cost per household, that 1,000.00 is actually very cheap.
Consider also, you also have the ability to sell back your
electricity to the electric company. This statement can be
misleading we as consumers pay around 8.5 cents for one Kwh but
the buy back rate is only around 1.5 to 2 cents per hour and you
as a consumer are only allowed to produce up to 2 megawatts for
buy back a year without licensing and permitting from the
Department of Energy.
The average United States household uses 920 Kwh a year that is
around 75.00 dollars per year. This is a low figure for many of
us I would estimate the cost at more around 300.00 or 400.00 a
year but we can cut this cost by 50 to 90 percent with one wind
generator. With two wind generators you can have the man,
utility companies, paying you. Now with entire communities doing
this they can actually raise the status and economic prosperity
of their community by lower their cost of living.
Looking at the numbers we can see the cost effectiveness when we
take a community of 100,000 people a 1,000.00 dollar wind
generator for everyone in the community will cost 10,000,000.00
dollars verses 10 utility grade wind generators costing
1,000,000.00 dollars apiece requiring installation and
maintenance and the cost savings is not realized by the consumer
but by the utility company.
For more information about the cost of wind power:
How much does wind energy cost?
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