Saturday, November 24, 2012
"Wind Power Can’t Cost-Effectively Be a Large Grid’s Main Source of Electricity"
Here's a really clear evaluation of wind power, explaining that it is NOT a "be-all and end-all" viable energy source...
In Oregon, the Cascade Policy Institute recently posted this on their website:
"Thus, if wind were to produce a large percentage of a grid’s electricity, it would be necessary to build expensive energy storage facilities, or to reserve power generation facilities to supply power, when there is insufficient wind to meet energy demands at any given time and to prevent brownouts and blackouts. 'Consumers will have to pay twice for power, since they will be supporting two duplicate generation systems,' said Cascade Policy Institute President and CEO John A. Charles, Jr."
