What generates more power: wind or solar panels?
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On a residential scale, solar power is much more feasible than wind power. Unless you have a lot of land in a very windy place, wind turbines are very unlikely to be cost-effective due to intermittency and the expense of building and placing turbines. Solar panels, however, can be placed onto just about any rooftop and perform consistently.
According to Treehugger, you would need four of the largest residential wind turbines available to offset one month's worth of electricity. Furthermore, a small-scale wind system would cost eight times as much as a solar power system producing the same amount of energy.
On a national scale, which includes large-scale generation, wind power does produce more energy than solar as of 2008. According to the Energy Information Administration, of the total renewable energy generation in the United States, wind power accounts for 7% of production, compared to solar power's 1%. This is due largely to the vast expansion of large, remote wind farms in the mid- and southwest U.S., while large-scale solar power plants have increased at a much slower rate. Expect both wind and solar power to increase substantially within the next few years and beyond.
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