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G7IED > ENERGY 17.09.05 11:25l 35 Lines 1108 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: Wind farm farce.
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From: G7IED@GB7FCR.#16.GBR.EU
To : ENERGY@WW
> Here in Kent (south east England) we are now home to the largest wind farm
> in the country. I've only just learnt that after 20 years the farm will
> be decommisioned.
20 years does not sound long, I would not think that given the
time, energy, and cost of building them they would need to last
a bit longer than that.
The first one I ever saw is still in use and must be over 30 years
old.
A mate as a neighbour that mends them he had a few weeks back to
replace a single blade on one it had fatigue cracks, the cost
œ50000 I don't know how old it was.
I read somewhere that but for the government subsidy it would not
make economic sense to build them, in the UK you can get a
subsidy for even home installations of solar and wind
power, they have to be of a certain minimum size 1.5 kw rings a bell
and be connected to the mains so that excess energy can be sold
back to the power companies.
Who would design a vehicle that falls over when you stop?
73 - Ralph, G7IED @ GB7FCR
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