Stranded Wind, I'm Calling You Out!

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Wednesday July 02, 2008 · 10:01 PM PDT

2008/07/02 · 22:01

Don't worry, it's for a good cause -- to alert you to this -- a company in Massachusetts, Aeronautica Windpower, is refurbishing old 50kw to 500kw wind turbines and selling them at affordable prices to farms and schools and businesses:

The company is betting that a large variety of new locations can be found for these 50-500 kilowatt recycled, green-power generators across the rest of the country as they get replaced with larger machines.

According to the company's industry research, over 10,000 machines that were installed during the mid ‘80s and ‘90s may soon be replaced by larger, more modern turbines. That's a lot of generation capacity that would otherwise be scrapped.

"While big machines make sense on a wind farm, these ‘mid-scale' machines are perfect for agriculture, schools, villages and other commercial and industrial applications," said Brian Kuhn, VP of Marketing for Aeronautica Windpower.

More after the jump.

The generators are taken from their old spots, refurbished to 21st century standards, and then sold and transported to their new homes for a cost of between $80,000 and $120,000, a fraction of what a new turbine would cost.

Think about it: For the price of a tractor or combine, you can have a unit that will pay for itself in energy savings inside of four years. Heck, if you could use small electric tractors from companies like this one, you could come very, very close to being carbon-free.

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