Old Rocks
Diamond Member
I have plans, bought off of the net, for a one Kw mill that would cost under $150 to build. That includes the generator, the pole, and the blades. It also assumes a great deal of mechanical experiance. That being said, it will cost you another $2000 for a 5 Kw grid parallel invertor to use it and stay on the grid. However, after that, you can add another four mills for only $600.
As to another post, most Nukes produce power in the Gw range. Many of the new wind turbines put out 5 Mw, so it would take over 200 of them to equal one Gw. At full generation, of course. You can site 200 of the big mills on less than one section. So the 50 square miles for the equal of one nuke is simply wrong. Here in Oregon, we have an empty area, South Eastern Oregon, which has some very good wind areas, adjacent to some excellent areas for geothermal. That is also the best solar area in the state. One grid to pick it all up, and the geothermal could act as ballast for the wind and solar. There are many ways to skin the energy cat, time we started using what we have in abundance, rather than depending on others.
As to another post, most Nukes produce power in the Gw range. Many of the new wind turbines put out 5 Mw, so it would take over 200 of them to equal one Gw. At full generation, of course. You can site 200 of the big mills on less than one section. So the 50 square miles for the equal of one nuke is simply wrong. Here in Oregon, we have an empty area, South Eastern Oregon, which has some very good wind areas, adjacent to some excellent areas for geothermal. That is also the best solar area in the state. One grid to pick it all up, and the geothermal could act as ballast for the wind and solar. There are many ways to skin the energy cat, time we started using what we have in abundance, rather than depending on others.