While a single wind-turbine does not affect the global atmosphere, the installation of a large number of such devices will interfere with the atmospheric circulation and diminish the extraction efficiency on the large scale, since any extraction of momentum will act in competition with natural wind-power energy dissipation by turbulence in the boundary layer.
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Boone Pickens, once an ardent supporter of wind power, has announced plans to scale back wind investment, primarily because natural gas has made wind unattractive to investors.
The EIA estimates onshore wind power will be 80% more expensive than conventional natural gas power, offshore wind power will be 142% more expensive than natural gas, solar thermal power will be 208% more expensive than natural gas, and solar photovoltaic will be 377% more expensive than natural gas.
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Pickens spoke to CNN about his plans to increase reliance on natural resources like wind and solar.
The group notes that old and new energy sources have both promise and risk for society and nature, since natural gas and wind energy produce less pollution than coal.
Boone Pickens, once an ardent supporter of wind power, has announced plans to scale back wind investment, primarily because cheap natural gas prices has made wind unattractive to investors.
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Wind and natural gas have comprised the preponderance of installed generation capacity in the past decade.
Companies may use coal, wind, natural gas or even nuclear power to create electricity.
The natural elements such as wind, water, earth, and fire have been inspirations to composers throughout time.
The central focus of carbon dioxide restrictions will be replacing coal and natural gas electricity with wind and solar power.
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The project is being developed by Caithness Energy, an energy development company with experience in solar, wind, natural gas and geothermal energy production.
The solar industry, which relies heavily on government subsidies for manufacturing and installations, has become more partial to the cheaper multicrystalline wafers in order to cut costs and compete more effectively with other sources of electricity, from wind to natural gas.
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The market for wind power has been buffeted by low electricity demand, low natural gas prices (which make wind power comparatively more expensive) and a tough financing environment.
More wind capacity was installed than natural gas capacity last year in the U.S. Wind outpaced coal by 2X.
After suffering a punishing year because of low natural gas prices, the wind power industry is keeping close watch on the prospect that water pollution from hydraulic fracturing may lead to regulation of shale gas drilling.
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Furthermore, the company is involved in such a range of energy technologies (including dirty coal plants, nuclear generators, natural-gas turbines and wind) that it does not need carbon regulations in the way, say, a narrowly focused fuel-cell or solar-cell maker might.
The numbers are even more striking when comparing wind and solar to natural gas.
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Solar remains more expensive than natural gas, coal and even wind, but it has advantages too.
Wind power is taking on natural gas, which has risen in price in sympathy with oil.
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In that environment, investors "have to take more risk to achieve returns that are better than inflation and equities wind up being the most natural choice, " says Mr. Trennert.
It also says that many of the unregulated power generators will need to broaden their fuel options, meaning they will look for other participants not just in the natural gas area but also in the wind, solar and hydro sectors.
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Taking the place of coal will be clean-burning natural gas and clean, green solar and wind power.
As Japan is forced to wind down its nuclear operations, natural gas is surfacing as a possible replacement, explains Holland.
It is still possible that changes in wind patterns and longer-term natural climate shifts may slow the currently tumultuous process of decline.
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In most places the long-term electricity alternative is not oil, but coal, natural gas, hydro and the comparatively new wind and solar vendors.
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So when you develop the wind, you can then remove natural gas from power generation and put it into a transportation fuel market.
In some part of the country such as Texas, wind energy is now competitive with natural gas-fired power plants, the report said.
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The sudden drop in wholesale power prices triggered by cheap natural gas prices is undercutting the economics of wind power and solar photovoltaic projects.
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Today we have roughly 40 percent of our electricity is in clean energy, if you consider the nuclear, the wind, the solar -- natural gas counting half credit.
They generate electricity from coal and wind, but their largest source is natural gas.
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