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Installation and maintenance costs for your personal wind turbine will vary greatly depending on local zoning, permitting and utility interconnection. Learn more about incentives and rebates offered in your area to help best calculate overall cost. The price of the turbine itself will also vary depending on tower height and type of installation requirements for your site. While costs do vary, a Skystream installed on a 45 ft (13 m) tower ranges from $17 - $20K.
assuming a realistic 20 year life of a wind turbine increases the levelized cost to $ 93 mwh the eia uses 30 years the nrel uses 20 years no wind turbine manufacturer claims 30 yearsarious big wind promoters maintain the cost of wind energy is competitive with other sources of energy as shown below this is hardly the case they often point to power purchase agreements ppas between wind turbine owners and utilities to sell at 5 to 6 c kwh as proof of market price parity