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That depends on how you measure it. The method used by the power companies is to put a meter directly on the wind turbine and measure it. A one megawatt system will deliver about 7% of the claimed power or about 70,000 KWH's each hour.

This power will vary quite a great deal so a fossil fuel plant is used to supply power behind this device. This system runs at almost full power and is not attached to the grid. This means that while the wind system is indeed putting out power and we are claiming that it is helping us. There is also no real savings as the power from the old plant is still being produced, just wasted.

There is also the horrible up time for these systems. Most systems are down almost weekly.

The death of many flying creatures is also a factor that makes them less environmentally friendly. Massachuttes claims over 100K bird and bats are killed their alone.

There are fewer less environmentally friendly methods of generating power then these systems, their main advantage is that they make many people feel we are doing something good for the environment, when in fact, they are a negative producer of power and are damaging the environment.

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