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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HiredHand" data-source="post: 3767948" data-attributes="member: 2469">[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2021/04/28/how-green-is-wind-power-really-a-new-report-tallies-up-the-carbon-cost-of-renewables/[/URL]“Good news: amortizing the carbon cost over the decades-long lifespan of the equipment, Bernstein determined that wind power has a carbon footprint 99% less than coal-fired power plants, 98% less than natural gas, and a surprise 75% less than solar. More specifically, they figure that wind turbines average just 11 grams of CO2 emission per kilowatthour of electricity generated. That compares with 44 g/kwh for solar, 450 g for natural gas, and a whopping 1,000 g for coal.But beating them all is the original large-scale zero-carbon power source, nuclear power, at 9 g/kwh. Thanks to technology, these stats aren’t static. Offshore wind turbines are becoming enormous, with General Electric’s <a href="https://www.forbes.com/companies/general-electric" target="_blank">GE</a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/companies/general-electric" target="_blank">-2.9%</a> Haliade X featuring blades 360 feet long and generating 14 megawatts. The carbon footprint of such monsters could get as low as 6 g/kwh. “</blockquote>