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mikepelton

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Michael is a 62 year old guy from Adelaide, SA, Australia

I am a 60 year old retiree who is married with 3 grown children and 3 grandchildren, plus 1 maltese shitzu dog as our loved pet. I love AFL (Adelaide Crows), work at gardening, maintaining the home and trying to loose a little weight.

  • Cost Of Wind Power Turbines Is SkyRocketing : TreeHugger

    Rated May 28 2008 • 3 reviews • environment • treehugger.com



    Increase of 74% for Land-Based, and 48% for Offshore Wind Turbines
    For years we've heard about how a shortage of silicon kept solar panel prices higher than they would otherwise be. Just as we're expecting supply to improve in that field, we learn that wind turbines are getting more expensive. Not just a little, but a lot:

    "The price of offshore turbines rose 48 percent to 2.23 million euros ($3.45 million) per megawatt in the past three years, according to BTM Consult APS, a Danish wind power consultant. By comparison, land-based rotors cost 1.38 million euros per megawatt after rising 74 percent in the same period."