1 Reading 5.2. Reading 5.2 â Population Bottlenecks and Founder Effects. Genetic Drift; When one trait becomes more common in a population due to random. chance (not because it is advantageous or non-advantageous) Population Bottleneck: is event in which a large number of a species is killed causing the. remaining population to reproduce.
Overall, wind farms cost in the area of $1,000 per kW of capacity, so a wind farm consisting of seven 1.8-MW turbines runs about $12.6 million.
Tallying the true costs of wind. Depending on which factors are included, estimates for the cost of wind power vary wildly. Lazard claims the cost of wind power ranges from $37 to $81 per megawatt-hour, while Michael Giberson at the Center for Energy Commerce at Texas Tech University suggests itâs closer to $149.