RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:EquinorThey aren't subsidized? That's an absolute lie. The Financial Acountability Office of Ontario laid that out clearly in its latest report.
“The renewable generation subsidy program will shift approximately 85% of the cost of electricity generated under the green energy contracts from ratepayers to the province until the last contract expires around 2040,” the report says. “Over the life of the program, from 2020-21 to 2039-40, the FAO estimates that the renewable generation subsidy program will cost the province a net total of $15.2 billion.” geemonet wrote: That has zero relevance to whether the wind farm is profitable or not. If it's windy 95% or the time and they make money 95% or the time, the 5% of the time when people freeze to death in the dark doesn't really matter to the owners or the wind turbines. I'm not saying it's a great system. But the idea that wind turbines don't make money is from the 1990s. Here in 2021, they make money, and they pay taxes. They aren't subsidized. The cost of manufacturing them has plummeted in recent years. I don't care if they're good or bad or green or whatever. Im only talking dollars.