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Originally Posted by William Djubin
DEP is so concerned for it US Florida citizens that it granted FPL Big $$$$ for a wind farm, no individuals received a Grant, just Big Energy companies. What gives??
Excerpt from DEP Web-
Florida Power and Light, “St. Lucie Wind” ($2,500,000)
This project will construct the first wind energy facility in Florida. As proposed, nine wind turbine generation units would be placed in St. Lucie County and are expected to have the potential capacity of 20 megawatts of electrical power.
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Have people not campaigned for microgeneration grants in the USA? Wind farms are money intensive projects. They cost at least £1million per MW installed capacity. A couple of possibilities for community ownership in the UK are setting up a cooperative or a joint venture between a community group (which can be set up specifically for the purpose) and a wind farm developer. Research by TLT Solicitors for the Renewables Advisory board and then DTI suggest that both options are potentially 'bankable'. The actual report is here http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file38707.pdf
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