Comments on: Wind energy is one of the safest sources of electricity: Global Wind Energy Industry http://www.ewea.org/blog/2012/07/wind-energy-is-one-of-the-safest-sources-of-electricity-global-wind-energy-industry/ Breath of fresh air Sat, 15 Jun 2013 10:44:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr.A.Jagadeesh http://www.ewea.org/blog/2012/07/wind-energy-is-one-of-the-safest-sources-of-electricity-global-wind-energy-industry/#comment-14500 Dr.A.Jagadeesh Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:03:19 +0000 http://www.ewea.org/blog/?p=3820#comment-14500 Wind is the most matured,clean energy which cannot be misused.
Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Wind Energy Expert
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]]> By: nigel deacon http://www.ewea.org/blog/2012/07/wind-energy-is-one-of-the-safest-sources-of-electricity-global-wind-energy-industry/#comment-14469 nigel deacon Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:42:20 +0000 http://www.ewea.org/blog/?p=3820#comment-14469 “According to the wind energy industry associations, wind energy is regarded as one of the safest forms of electricity generation.”

One would hardly expect the wind industry to make comments about turbine accidents.

Gordon Hughes, Professor of Economics at Edinburgh University, has calculated that the bill for wind energy by 2020 will cost consumers £120 billion.

Generating the same amount of electricity from efficient gas-powered stations costs £13bn.

Government figures only admit to wind energy being double the price of other sources.

As I understand it, this is because they ignore feed-in tariffs, the Renewables Obligation, the cost of extending the Grid infrastructure, transmission losses, and the money it takes to maintain the spinning reserve.

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