Urban wind turbines 'may be waste of time' - Telegraph
Putting up a small wind turbine on the roof of a suburban home may be a waste of time, according to a new report.
It may not generate enough renewable energy even to make up for the carbon emissions produced when it was made.
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From that link (quoting a report, based on research by Met Office Consulting and Entec and supported by the Carbon Trust): "But with current electricity prices and the cost of small wind turbines, only a fraction of that is deliverable - with the study estimating that if 10% of households had turbines, they would produce just 0.4% of total UK energy consumption and save 600,000 tonnes of emissions a year."
From the Met Office website (dealing with same report), 7 August 2008:
"Based on current turbine costs and electricity prices, a saving of 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide is possible if 10% of the population installed turbines."
Same story, different spin (...and figures).
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