Mafeking

Cleantech Companies Will Stimulate Recovery

An overly rosy view of wind power for sure. Much of the wind power industry, not only in the US, but around the world relies heavily on government subsidies for viability.

Wind power is perhaps the least viable of all the alternate technologies because it is unpredictable and so power stations capable of handling the total load regardless of wind power need to be built.

Consider a situation where 10% of an area's power is wind generated. If there is no wind the local power grid has to handle the deficit or power has to be purchased from elsewhere. It works in Europe because they have the capacity via nuclear power stations to cover shortfalls.