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Re: Wind and Hydro Generators

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jennyjj01 wrote: Tue Nov 22, 2022 9:25 am If small domestic turbines are much worse value than domestic solar, then why would the same not be true for massive installations. I.e why is the country littered with big windmills but fewer big solar farms? Is it that Wind power works ok at larger scale. or is it because of subsidies?
There's quite a few reasons for this, which this link https://www.energy.gov/eere/articles/wi ... ger-better explains quite well, in short bigger turbines produce exponentially more energy than smaller ones