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> Wind has low operating costs but the maintenance and depreciation are huge, so looking at it from an operating cost perspective completely undermines this. S
by danmaz74 9y ago
> Wind has low operating costs but the maintenance and depreciation are huge, so looking at it from an operating cost perspective completely undermines this.
Source? I would expect inshore windmills to have very low maintenance costs.
- pjc50 9y agohttp://www.windmeasurementinternational.com/wind-turbines/om-turbines.php http://www.windmeasurementinternational.com/wind-turbines/om... quotes maintenance figures between 3% and 1.5% of the initial construction cost.
- danmaz74 9y agoThanks; reading the source, the 3% figure is for old technology turbines, while 1.5%/2% is for newer ones. Doesn't look like so high to me.