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Originally Posted by pornguy
We are going to end up with a wind solar hybrid system geared mostly to wind. We usually have a 12 mph wind around almost 24/7 Sun in the winter is a solid 8+ hours of high and strong enough but we get some slow wind days. so it will be 2 or 3 panels for that time and wind the rest.
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I'm personally not sold on wind farms, at least not in their current incarnation. I've seen a few wind farms here in the US, some up in New England, Shit loads in West Texas and some scattered here and there around Co & OK.
One thing they all had in common, was many stood idle with blades that did not turn despite the wind blowing. I'm in no way an expert on wind, but from what I've seen a lot of power production seems to sit there wasted as you might see 10 turbines in a group and usually half are not moving because they aren't facing the right angle for the wind at that moment.