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Emissions savings from wind power

Recently, economist Colm McCarthy noted that: Wind generators can be relied on to produce power only about one hour in three over a year, and those productive hours are unpredictable. So conventional capacity has to be kept in reserve for the periods when the wind does not blow. These stations will be utilised less than [...]

August 31, 2011  Tags:   Posted in: Wind Energy  27 Comments