Cheap wind power ????

[furrowtickler]

What is the cost of doing nothing? I supose you think insurance companies will forever pay for extreme weather disasters.

Lol you have been hood winked

[Landdownunder]

Par for the course here people just accept that renewables will be more expensive but we are doing our bit to help.
Main issue is some of the very first wind towers are being replaced and no govt help second time around have to stand on the own, pardon the pun hence increasing costs this time around.
And no idea costs of turbines this time around 30 years later 10 times the cost??? Who knows, same will happen with solar farms, same happened to power stations.
Longevity appears in hydro

[furrowtickler]

Par for the course here people just accept that renewables will be more expensive but we are doing our bit to help.
Main issue is some of the very first wind towers are being replaced and no govt help second time around have to stand on the own, pardon the pun hence increasing costs this time around.
And no idea costs of turbines this time around 30 years later 10 times the cost??? Who knows, same will happen with solar farms, same happened to power stations.
Longevity appears in hydro

That the point , some keep on saying how wind and solar are so much cheaper …… it’s the very definition of misinformation to the public .
it’s complete b/s that it is cheaper or rates would be less to the consumer.

[furrowtickler]

Simple question, if it so much cheaper than fossil fuels , as proclaimed why are rates so expensive to consumers?

[Landdownunder]

correct furrow not really pushed here as cheaper just sustainable
Nuclear is becoming a topic as our state has third highest uranium deposits in the world.
Think russia 1 canada 2 south australia 3. cheap power yep cost of new power plants expensive net benifit to consumer power possibly same price.....

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Simple question, if it so much cheaper than fossil fuels , as proclaimed why are rates so expensive to consumers?

Maybe because consumers and industry got spoiled and expect electricity to be available 24 hours per day everyday of the year?
If only those pesky consumers would just settle for only wanting to use electricity when it happens to be sunny or windy...

[Landdownunder]

Interesting debate in many countries and websites eh like this one.

Mostly now people just sick of debate on both sides here in OZ like STFU were sick of it both sides i said before glenn jumps down my throat.

[chuckChuck]

There is lots of evidence that wind and solar are the lowest cost source of new generation capacity.

But the naysayers still persist in the illogical explanation that higher electricity prices are only the result of renewables? Wrong!

Generation is only one of the costs of delivering electricity to consumers. You don't think that in grids mostly dominated by fossil fuels that maybe the rising cost of gas also had an impact? Or that inflation in labour, materials or other costs might have an impact?

In Alberta several energy economist said the cost of high electricity prices was due to companies withholding supply to drive up prices.

They also said that solar and wind by providing more low cost supply, help keep wholesale prices lower.

But don't let that stop you from making off the wall undocumented claims about the cost of electricity.

Sask Power clearly said wind and solar are the lowest cost sources of new generation and can play a large role in the electricity supply even if they are intermittent.

[TSIPP]

Show us the numbers…

[shtferbrains]

When will we start to get the benefit from lowering our CO2?
It doesn't seem to be a world wide concern.