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Re:Is wind power’s future in deep water? by sergeykish on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:17AM (#24776764)
Check your facts [1]

> The life cycle analysis focuses on the wind power plant as the basic functional object instead of a single wind turbine. Our results show that present-day wind power plants have a lifetime emission intensity of 5.0–8.2 g CO2/kWh electricity, a range significantly lower than estimates in previous studies.

> Our estimate suggests that wind is currently the most desirable renewable energy in terms of minimizing CO2 emissions per kWh of produced electricity [2].

2014 IPCC, Global warming potential of selected electricity sources [3]:

    +--------------------------+------+--------+-------+
    |        Technology        | Min. | Median | Max.  |
    +--------------------------+------+--------+-------+
    | Biomass – Dedicated      |  130 |    230 |   420 |
    | Coal – PC                |  740 |    820 |   910 |
    | Concentrated solar power |  8.8 |     27 |    63 |
    | Gas – combined cycle     |  410 |    490 |   650 |
    | Geothermal               |  6.0 |     38 |    79 |
    | Hydropower               |  1.0 |     24 | 22001 |
    | Nuclear                  |  3.7 |     12 |   110 |
    | Ocean (Tidal and wave)   |  5.6 |     17 |    28 |
    | Solar PV – rooftop       |   26 |     41 |    60 |
    | Solar PV – Utility scale |   18 |     48 |   180 |
    | Wind Offshore            |  8.0 |     12 |    35 |
    | Wind Onshore             |  7.0 |     11 |    56 |
    +--------------------------+------+--------+-------+
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=wind+power+co2+footprint

[2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S09601...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-cycle_greenhouse_gas_emis...

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