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Old 07-19-2022, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by R Bedell View Post
There are 300+ around me. To the tune of $3M a piece. "They" claim that the USA needs more energy yet on windy days, I have seen these wind turbines turned off, sitting idle, and producing nothing. The only benefit I have seen in the last three years, these turbines are really good as indicating wind direction.
We supposedly have the capacity of 19,000 Gigawatts from turbine generators but they only developed 2000 gigawatts in the survey period
Like the ones around you Roland they are good wind direction indicators
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