8 year ago, Lordstown Village spent $131,000.00 to install two (2) x 10,000 Watt Bergey Wind Turbines.
As of 2019, they had generated a total of only $1,000 of electricity.
Recently, they were sold for $1.00 each.
The sad story ...
https://www.vindy.com/news/2019/apr/02/lordstowns-disappointing-wind-turbine-experiment-e/This an unbelievable claim by the vendor:
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In March 2011, Greg Courtney of Wind Turbines of Ohio LLC in Alliance, which provided the turbines, said they should operate with “no maintenance for 30 to 50 years.â€
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In this article ...
https://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/27/lordstown-wind-turbines-continue-to-disa/This statement was made ...
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In all, two turbines with a 10-kilowatt-hour capacity, operating at full strength, have an ability to generate 175,000 kilowatt hours annually, said Paul Veers, chief engineer at the National Resource Energy Laboratory's Wind Technology Center.
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175,000 KW = 10KW each x 2 Wind Turbine x 24 Hours x 365 Days <<< Pure Fiction !
Paul Veers is quite the con-artist ... there is no place in Ohio, where that will ever actually happen.
Actual generation was only 3% of Paul Veers so-called "Full Strength" power output.
The vendor stated, 36,000 kw to 60,000 kw production per year.
Actual generation was only 10% of the vendor's yearly power production estimate.
The vendor was off by a FACTOR of 10.
There is no wind turbine in Ohio that will spin at max power, for 24 hours per day, for 365 days per year and have NO Maintenance for 30 - 50 YEARS.
Now we now why his Wind Turbine "business" has been relocated to the basement of his house.
Now that the "FREE" Grant Money has dried up, many of the wind turbines installed 8 years ago are being dismantled ...