Comments on: Duke Energy to Construct Its Fifth Wind Farm in Texas

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[…] from advancing its interests in conventional fuels, Duke Energy has been investing in wind farms and it has launched itself into a “sister cities” field research partnership with China […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:42:00 +0000

It seems to be our best hope for having a future.

After this year’s record melt of Arctic sea ice and the incredible floods, droughts, and heat waves it’s looking like time might be running out.

Sure seems like we need to up our game by a massive amount and we need large corporations to put their resources and muscle into the effort.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:22:00 +0000

Good points & additional info. I think it is clear, with more and more huge companies putting more of their money on clean, renewable energy (e.g. Siemens, GE, Duke Energy) that this is our future.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:51:00 +0000

In the last few months Duke Energy brought new wind farm on line in Kansas and signed a long term contract to sell the power a <$0.035/kWh.

That's some cheap electricity when one considers that wind gets only a small subsidy and doesn't have the much higher subsidies and hidden costs of nuclear and coal.

A year or so earlier Duke put their plans to build a new reactor on hold and since have become very active in renewable energy. This, to me, is a good sign that we've turned a corner and renewables are on their way to becoming major industries.

Like it or not, in order to get fossil fuel out of our lives it will take very large industries to do the job.