Table partially explains $ benefits of windpower
The table generated the DOE takes a good shot at detailing some of the costs and benefits of the wind industry’s production tax credit, a figure of $ 0.022/kWh. Derek Johnson, a program director at Redstone College near Denver, posted it to Facebook but it deserves wider circulation. The first line needs some explanation. The $ 43 billion is not an annual charge but probably accumulated for the last several years. The DOE may have explained that in the original post.
Also, a final totals row (not generated) could show the sum of the right column. It would read a total benefit to U.S. citizens of $ 95 to $ 318 Billion, and that is, money paid to localities in which wind farms work, where it does more good than a government handout. And he totals would be more impressive if you could put a price tag on the fresh water saved, and the health problems not caused by clean air. Besides, $ 43 billion is chump change for the U.S. military. Pass the PTC.
Windpower Engineering Editor Paul Dvorak is an experienced mechanical engineer. Paul has seven years of hands on mechanical engineering experience and 23 years of technical writing. Paul is constantly in correspondence with wind turbine manufacturers and wind power researchers. Thanks to this correspondence, he is able to write about wind engineering topics before any other editor in the wind space.
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