KBC favors wind over sun in renewable investments

Investing in wind power offers safer, less volatile returns in the current market environment than the solar sector, a fund manager of KBC’

Steve Charter
November 10th, 2009 on 3:12 am
I am looking at turbine install but none of the machines available get anything near the suppposed power rating stated in the guides. In the UK we are not exactly blessed with year round sunshine so what other options are there? Anyone have first hand knowledge of ground heat sources?
Wind Turbine Lover
November 13th, 2009 on 10:11 pm
That is one of the main powers with wind turbines. Including vertical axis. However if you are able to power the advances in technology that require lower power consumption, the value starts to rise. Its working on not a single product but the combination of combining wind with the task you need accomplished.
deevan
November 15th, 2009 on 4:00 pm
How much average wind is needed before such a turbine can become economical?
Joseph Pannell
January 30th, 2010 on 10:37 am
As wind turbines are very obvious and easily seen in my opinion they are favoured as a very visul demonstration that the government is ‘tackling the issue’ wave generated electricity however is far more effcient, the wave hub off the coast of cornwall is set to develop 34kv and with far fewer moving parts comparative upkeep (per kv) is a fraction of the cost for a wind farm- the only people in oposition are the surfers but being one myself I can honestly say that a fraction smaller wave to preserve the world for future generations is a small price to say.