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Falmouth Wind Turbines Wasting Power

NStar, which delivers electricity to Cape Cod is supplying power to Falmouth turbines 12 hours a day and more

Falmouth Wind Turbines Wasting Power


Taxpayers pay again except now they don’t tell you !


NStar, which delivers electricity to Cape Cod is supplying power to Falmouth turbines 12 hours a day and more

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Here is an interesting story on the parasitic use of power going into the turbines:

“New wind turbine farce: How they take power from the National Grid even when they are NOT generating any electricity.Wind turbines use electricity to keep spinning in cold weather to stop icing.Off-shore turbines only operate when the wind is between 10 and 50 mph.Wind energy can produce enough electricity to power 8.8 million homes. But low wind speeds have cut the renewable output”

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By ROSIE TAYLOR FOR THE DAILY MAIL

PUBLISHED: 14:44 EST, 1 January 2015 | UPDATED: 13:06 EST, 2 January 2015

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2893708/New-wind-turbine-farce-p...

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