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67 comments on How to keep on financing wind farms when banks have no money left.

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puhkawn on December 23, 2008 - 2:30pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Any product that for about one third or more of its production you have to pay people to get rid of and have to collect a government subsidy doesn't lower the prices for the consumer. 100%? I'm not talking about Spain or Denmark; I am talking about Texas & Arizona.

Maybe when the wind is blowing just right Denmark gets 100% of its power from wind; however, for 2007 is was considerably less. East & West Denmark wind power generation was 28%; a far cry from 100%.

http://www.energinet.dk/en/menu/Environment/Environmental+key+figures+fo...

Wind farms make a lot of people feel good on The Oil Drum but if you are going to throw taxpayer dollars around how about first building the proper grid to use wind power generated electricity.

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robert2734 on December 23, 2008 - 3:56pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Arizona doesn't actually have a commercial wind farm. There are some proposed. And there are individual ranchers with windmills for electricity or irrigation pumps.

http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/images/windmaps/az_50m_800.jpg

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kiwi11 on December 23, 2008 - 5:58pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Lots of opportunity for the surplus wind in low demand in Denmark.

http://www.investindk.com/visNyhed.asp?artikelID=20525

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