Yes, LOL. We have lots of the wind farms here in windy ND. They were pretty happy last year, as they were making 40+ % of maximum output, averaged for the 365 days / nights of last year, so payback is going to be pretty easy without taking too many years. They have been pretty reliable so far, one I saw had taken a lightning hit to one blade which exploded the plywood core and turned it limp as a wet noodle. On another, the installers did not get the rotor hub seated correctly, so over time, the whole blade assy fell off. In general though, they have been producing cheap reliable clean power which fits in well with our coal and hydroelectric generation. How long will they last ? The haters swear they will be toxic waste in 10 years and will forever turn the land into a Chernobyl like waste land that can never again see any sort of life. The supporters say they will run with just normal maintenance for 30 years, then have a rebuild and run 20 more years, before being recycled, putting a new unit on the old concrete base and repeat the 50 year cycle.
Reality is likely somewhere between those two estimates. The haters are usually the NIMBY group who still demand cheap power generated somewhere else, many with a severe affliction known as nocheckitis while they watch in envy those who do have well paying turbines on their land.
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