What is the average ROI for Wind Farms?

I was curious how profitable a wind farm may actually be in comparison to coal. What is the pay back period, maintenance costs, etc. Assume ideal wind conditions, 30 year life, and industrial size turbines. Also, what is the most efficient spacing? I read somewhere it's 1km.

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What kind of energy can wind energy replace?

What kind of energy that is harmful to the environment can be replaced by the energy from turbines?
Energy from coal? petrol? natural gas?
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Which of the following is a renewable energy source?

A.Coal
B.Natural gas
C.Petroleum
D.None of the above
2.Which of the following is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world?

A.Coal
B.Petroleum
C.Crude oil
D.Uranium

3.Nuclear fission is a nonrenewable energy source because __________.

A.it can be repeated infinitely in the future without recourse
B.the process requires the use of a limited resource, uranium
C.Both a and b
D.the world will never run out of uranium

For example we have enough wind power in the United States to replace all of the fossil fuel and nuclear power sources in the United States.

Athough wind does not always blow when you need it, it would seem that in a power grid you will always have wind blowing somewhere to put electricity into the grid.

The cost of wind power at 4 cents per kilowatt hour is competitive with the cost of electricity generated by coal and nuclear energy and less than the cost of generating electricity using natural gas.

What is preventing us from replacing our fossil fuel power plants and our nuclear power plants with electricity from renewable non carbon sources?

How efficient and effective is wind power?

I've heard that most wind farms would be far away from heavily populated areas, and that peak seasons for electricty are the worst times of the year for wind.

I've also heard that it's cheaper to produce electricity with coal than wind?

This IS a political issue!

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