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.
1 A little napkin math tells us that a modern wind turbine will power roughly 232 homes. 2  A little bit more math tells us that it will cost around $12,900 per home to erect the wind turbine. 3  A little bit more math tells us that this works out to around $646 per year of life.  So that's it.