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On Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:41:01 -0400, Sarah Ehrett
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I'm in RI. Three wind turbines here have already failed and they're each
barely powering one building.

Wind Turbine Failures
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=...1024&bih =587

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There's an interesting and well balanced reliability discussion he

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/...ox-reliability

Block Island, RI has some of the highest electric rates on the east
coast and also has outstanding average wind velocity. Champlain's
Marina put in their own diesel gensets almost 30 years ago because
they felt they could generate at lower rates than the local muni plant
was charging. The demand there is highly seasonal however and
probably does not justify a big infrastructure investment like a wind
farm.

Here's some interesting stuff:

http://www.erec.org/fileadmin/erec_d...ations/global%
20energy%20grid%20scenario.pdf