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I've been looking at the viability of putting a ~5kw wind turbine on my property. We are in a high wind area and there are other turbines on surrounding properties. The big stumbling block is the cost of cableling. The best spot for the tower is about 600m from my house where there are no trees.
The supplier of the turbine quotes an approximate cost of $80/m for underground cable. Above ground would require cutting about 200 trees down so isn't a choice.
This would cost $48000 just to wire it in plus the cost of the turbine (~$30000). This makes it non viable and a similar output solar cheaper. The lifespan of the solar panels isn't as good as the turbine and they produce less consistent energy. I don't want solar so the end result will probably be that we don't get a turbine.
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