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Wind Energy Operating Costs - Wind Power O&M Expenses
While wind energy power plants cost lower than solar-based (both PV and thermal) power plants, wind farms have higher operating costs than those for solar PV, primarily because while solar PV is a fairly passive technology, wind farms have moving parts that will require some amount of maintenance.The approximate costs for operation, maintenance, insurance and miscellaneous will be about 2.5 cents per KWh of power generated.
When you add the operating expenses to the amortized cost of the capital expenses, you get the levelized cost, which is the total cost of power generation from wind. This cost is about 7 cents per KWh.
posted by Ecacofonix at
1:58 AM
Monday, October 12, 2009
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