Yes
it is expensive
the most wind turbine are build in nebraska
Wind turbines are expensive due to the high cost of materials and manufacturing, maintenance and operational costs, installation expenses, and land acquisition expenses. Additionally, the need for specialized technology and skilled labor also contributes to the overall cost of wind turbines.
There are not any wind turbines in Hunstanton yet. One supermarket has applied to build a small turbine.
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It takes about over 500 people to build a turbine wowza!
country side wind turbines and modern turbines
A wind turbines uses the wind to power an electricity generator.
Wins systems are extremely expensive and produce roughly 10% of the power they are rated at. A wind system I visited yesterday in Michigan will pay for itself in just under 200 years, unles it has a breakdown. Fossil fuel plants must also run to supply backup power to these wind systems. This fuel consumption is ignore to maintain a "green" status for the wind turbines. If we included this fuel into the overall power used to build, maintain and run wind turbines, the numbers would come out worse then a coal plant.
Horizontal axis wind turbines, modern wind turbines, vertical axis turbines.
Wind energy is made by spinning turbines. The wind spins the wind turbines and they generate energy.
Not as of yet. The technology is just not there yet. Wind turbines are expensive, noisy and heavy. Popular Mechanics magazine has recently featured some good articles regarding wind turbines, if you'd like to read more.