Linda asks…
How much money do those Electric Windmills make per year? What are the requirements to get one on your land?
I live in northwest missouri, where the wind is incredible. They have been putting up those massive white electric windmills all over the place. I was wondering what it takes to get some and how much each of those make to someone with it on their farmland?
Thanks!
admin answers:
Jeff, the re-numeration to the landowner is negotiated individually with the power production company, and normally, for cost reasons, they like to place several (not just one) in a wind-favored, environmentally less-sensitive area with tax incentives from the local governments. The economics can depend on several factors, including tax incentives, so an attorney experienced in this area is pretty much required as your negotiator.
The requirements include a windy area, preferably out of sight, where the state and locally authorities will permit based on noise, wildlife and access considerations, clear title to land ownership, willingness to sign no-fault (i.e., does the noise annoy you later?) provisions (see sources, below).
Contact the firms directly (see sources, below).
Richard asks…
How many windmills could have been built in the Gulf of Mexico?
When considering the cost of seeking, building, beginning drilling a mile or more below the water surface and clean-up of off-shore oil rig errors, is it possible that windmills might be a better choice. Does anyone have a cost comparison? How much more will it cost to drill into the ocean floor?
admin answers:
You are talking two different energy resources. The oil is used in a variety of ways, gasoline, aviation fuel, oil as lubricants (hundred different ones), plastics production, clothes production, heating plus much more. This is one of the most versatile products man has discovered and has utilized it well.
Windmills only produce electricity and we use this for powering electrical devices but it can’t lubricate the bearings we use or be used in a variety of products like oil. Yes there are a few oil fired electrical generating stations but not many. The windmills would help with the power demands of the country.
Steven asks…
What are those tall windmills that I see on some farms used for?
I took a recent roadtrip and came past a small rural town in Indiana and there were rows of tall white 3 blade windmills.
What are those tall windmills used for? Are they providing energy for the resident’s homes? Are they pumping water to the vegetables,fruits,and plants? What are these windmills that are popping up on farms used for?
admin answers:
The windmills with lots of blades pump water.
The 3 bladed windmills produce electricity.
Some of them produce 1,000 kw.
Http://www.awea.org/faq/wwt_basics.html
in some areas of the country, where there is not a power plant close, the utility probably pays a premium to farmers to produce excess electricity to feed the grid in their area.
That’s much cheaper than incurring the transmission losses from far away, or building a fossil fuel plant close.
Charles asks…
do you think the windmills in kansas that produces electricity is ?
a good alternative to gas, etc. do you think that we should invest for the future or focus on current problems in the world? These windmills will cost $20 billion, and some disadvantages are that they ruin farmers crops and we already know that food are getting expensive so what should we do? future or now?
admin answers:
Adding more alternative power sources, such as wind turbines today and other sources soon, is not a question. We have to do it. The challenge in fulling utilizing wind power, is moving the electricity from where it is generated (the boonies) to where it is needed (the cities) over our aging and inadequate electricity grid. In addition, wind and solar are free power once the initial investment is made, but are not always available when needed. So another major challenge is how to store this green power or how to use it to complement power from traditional sources, such as fossil fuels.
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