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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by DrNohj on Sunday August 18, 2019 @06:26AM (#20729384)
Wind power requires subsidies to work. Meaning shafting the end consumer. Period https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2019/02/21/texas-ta...
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Re:In the US, it's cheaper to build and operate wind farms t... by ben_w on Sunday August 18, 2019 @06:32AM (#20729404)
This article explicitly mentions the cost without subsidies:

”””The levelized cost of electricity, which eliminates the impact of incentives and subsidies on the final prices, places wind below $40/MW-hr in 2018. The cheapest form of natural gas generation was roughly $10 more per MegaWatt-hour. Note that, as recently as 2015, the US' Energy Information Agency was predicting that wind's levelized cost in 2020 would be $74/MW-hr.”””

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