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Wind Turbines are Part of the Solution but a Small Part
November, 2004 in Northern Woodlands Fall '04
November, 2004 in Northern Woodlands Fall '04
And, while I agree with Mr. Shutkin that wind power, as a source of clean and renewable energy, should and will play a role in our future energy portfolio, its role will necessarily be small because of its fundamental limitation as an energy source: wind power is ‘intermittent’, i.e. it provides energy only when the wind blows, and, as such, wind power is a source of supplemental, not ‘base load’ energy.