Wind power outfits still claim their turbines run on the smell of an oily rag and last for 25 years or more, needing little more than a hug from time to time.
However, the operations and maintenance cost of these things, as reported by Australia’s Infigen, is around $25 per MWh (hardly the zero marginal cost claimed by wind cultists!). And, as we’ll detail a little later in this post, wind turbines are unlikely to have an economic lifespan beyond 10 years.
But first this, from Energy Wire (a renewable energy propaganda site) – indicating that the only thing that keeps them running is an endless stream of taxpayers’ money.
DOE lab: Turbine power plunges when tax credits go away
Energy Wire
David Laconangelo
21 May 2020
Wind farms often produce less power when they age past the 10-year mark because the loss of federal tax credits halts maintenance –…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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