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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (252714)	12/31/2007 5:06:32 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 281500

It takes fairly large turbine farms to generate the kind of power that a moderate sized power plant does. "The United States can currently generate more than 10,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the wind, which is enough to power 2.5 million average American homes. Industry experts predict that, with proper development, wind energy could provide 20% of this nation's energy needs." nrel.gov 20% would be good. Hawaii seems like it would also be a good place for photovoltaic cells (or whatever they are called). It appears modern large turbines can generate 2 - 3 megawatts each. It would take forty to fifty to equal a 100 megawatt generation plant. The energy would not be as reliable.