Economies of scale
According to Wind Power Monthly
The Cimarron Bend onshore wind project in Kansas has an operating capacity of 400 MW, distributed over 243 km2 of land, it still ranks among the top 25 of super-sized wind-energy developments installed in the past ten years.
Additionally, it cost $610 million to build Cimarron Wind this number breaks down to about $1,525/kW, just below the average capital costs for 200 MW-plus projects in the US in 2017.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To put this into a real world perspective you can buy a portable 1/kW generator at Home Depot for $134.99
No comments:
Post a Comment