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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by usrusr on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:03AM (#18146492)
> There was a growing understanding from those in microgeneration (under 50KW) that mass scale adoption would only be possible with small units which are less efficient but also easier to access and fix. This is the successful model in germany.

The successful model in Germany is building 4 MW turbines wherever we can fit them (or wherever "landscape protectors" will allow us to put them).

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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by sidhuko on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:38AM (#18146828)
Germany had 1 million microgenerators in 2008. Just because you don't see them...
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Re:Research suggests wind energy may have serious consequenc... by usrusr on Friday October 05, 2018 @07:07AM (#18147158)
Citation needed, https://www.wwindea.org/wp-content/uploads/filebase/small_wi... (an apparently pro-small publication) states the total worldwide number at less than a million in 2015, with just 17000 of those in Germany. The installed total capacity of small wind in Germany is stated at 26 MW, which is equivalent to a modest wind farm of six 4.4 MW turbines.

Oh, and I do see plenty of small wind generators installed, they just never move because they are merely bought as futuristic architectural ornaments, not to make a difference. They probably run until the first time they require maintenance, then the novelty has worn off.

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