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Originally Posted by Tinordi
This is the most recent broad-based assessment of specific generating technology costs:
https://www.iea.org/Textbase/npsum/ElecCost2015SUM.pdf
Take a look at the wind numbers. If you believe the findings then wind looks to be right in line with competing generation technologies. Of course, this is an aggregate across many countries and the specific costs are, as you say, reliant on the local geography and wind resource.
However, it doesn't really stand to pass that wind is such a cost-outlier as you paint. |
Oh look, Cowley Ridge is being de-commisioned and won't be rebuilt because *gasp* COST
http://calgaryherald.com/business/en...after-23-years
“TransAlta is very interested in repowering this site. Unfortunately, right now, it’s not economically feasible,” Wayne Oliver, operations supervisor for TransAlta’s wind operations in Pincher Creek and Fort Macleod, said in an interview.
“We’re anxiously waiting to see what incentives might come from our new government. . . . Alberta is an open market and the wholesale price when it’s windy is quite low, so there’s just not the return on investment in today’s situation. So, if there is an incentive, we’d jump all over that.”
That's EXACTLY what I said in my last post.