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Re:Utah's hottest new power source is 15k feet below the ground by gpm on Saturday September 06, 2025 @08:48PM (#45154284)
There's some small wind generation (e.g. designed to go on top of buildings), though I don't think it's ever been a significant commercial success.
Re:Utah's hottest new power source is 15k feet below the ground by matthewdgreen on Sunday September 07, 2025 @03:04PM (#45161177)
I understand the problem to be energy RoI. The larger the size of a wind turbine’s blade, the more energy it produces compared to the cost of producing it. Small wind systems just can’t avail themselves of these economies of scale.