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Wind Energy Economics: Production Costs and Additional Impacts
(2012)
  • Erik Edward Nordman, Grand Valley State University
Abstract
West Michigan Wind Assessment Issue Brief #6 The economic costs of wind energy development were estimated in compared to costs of coal and natural gas. Excluding subsidies, but including external costs, we found that wind has a lower total cost ($/MWh) than coal, but slightly higher than natural gas.
Keywords
  • wind energy,
  • economics,
  • externalities
Publication Date
2012
Citation Information
Erik Edward Nordman. "Wind Energy Economics: Production Costs and Additional Impacts" (2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/erik_nordman/26/