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Edited on Tue Apr-21-09 06:33 AM by Nihil
It showed the failings of small (1-5m diameter) turbines: > An average Dutch household consumes 3,400 kWh/year. Listed below is > the amount of windmills required, and their total cost, to power a > Dutch household entirely using wind energy: > > - Energy Ball : 47 windmills (202,288 euro) > - Ampair : 14 windmills (124,950 euro) > - Turby : 14 windmills (298,900 euro) > - Airdolphin : 9 windmills (157,932 euro) > - WRE 030 : 9 windmills (265,608 euro) > - WRE 060 : 7 windmills (260,309 euro) > - Passaat : 6 windmills (55,434 euro) > - Skystream : 2 windmills (21,484 euro) > - Montana : 2 windmills (37,016 euro) > > An average American household consumes almost 3 times more electricity > than a Dutch household. Simply multiply the above figures by three.
... whilst showing the advantage of industrial sized (18m) ones: > Close to the test site stands a (relatively) large windmill with a rotor > diameter of 18 meters. It delivers 143,000 kWh per year, or an average > power output of 16,324 watts. It can power 42 Dutch households. This > large windmill costs only slightly more than all small windmills combined > (17 percent more, to be exact, or 190,000 euro), but it delivers almost > 20 times more energy. This comes down to 4,523 euro per household.
At least they justified their summary. > Wind power rules, but small windmills are a swindle. > Bigger is, in this case, better.
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