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Re:Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is comm... by crdoconnor on Monday July 28, 2014 @04:40AM (#8095732)
Are there figures on the actual effects of this? How often it happens/the level by which electricity output is reduced?
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Re:Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is comm... by Guthur on Monday July 28, 2014 @06:42AM (#8096003)
I would imagine it is highly dependent on the model of wind turbine. The window of operation like varies widely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_61400

I would imagine that high wind rating turbines are more expensive.

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Re:Wind and solar power are even more expensive than is comm... by crdoconnor on Monday July 28, 2014 @09:21AM (#8096522)
>I would imagine it is highly dependent on the model of wind turbine.

This is why I asked for figures on the overall effect - covering all models. I'm not seeing anything so far to convince me that its effect is more than negligible.

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