Comments on: Wind Energy News {10 More Stories of the Week} http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/20/wind-energy-news-2/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/20/wind-energy-news-2/#comment-102132 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:42:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28914#comment-102132 yeah, i saw that today as well. thanks for sharing :D

it will be in the next wind round-up if none of the writers pick it up

]]> By: Jsav345 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/20/wind-energy-news-2/#comment-102103 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:27:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28914#comment-102103 Sirs, it’s most frustrating to see companies like GE and bailed out GM suppressing innovations and inventions that could create millions of jobs, and save people money. Jsav.

]]> By: Anonymous http://cleantechnica.com/2011/07/20/wind-energy-news-2/#comment-102087 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 17:02:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=28914#comment-102087 The numbers for wind in 2010 have come in. The US installed 5,113 more MWs of turbines and China installed almost four times as much (18,928MW).

The price of turbines has fallen back to about where it was in 2006 and is expected to fall further as manufacturers learn how to make even more efficient turbines for less money.

Taller, longer blade, more efficient turbines have brought the price of wind-generated electricity to $0.03/kWh. The cost of transmission will raise that price for wind which has to be harvested further from existing power lines.

We’re on track (somewhat ahead of) to produce 20% of all US electricity by 2030.

The cost of integrating wind into the overall grid is quite low, less than one-half cent per hWh.

Transmission and/or on-site storage will be the big wind issues going forward. Until these issues are resolved we will have to burn more natural gas than we would otherwise need to do.

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/what-do-winds-cost-price-and-performance-trends-show-three-cents-per-kilowa/

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