why do we not have more wind power or solar its cheeper to have?

Question

you think we will have this someday

Answer 1

Unfortunately it's not cheaper or as reliable. NorthWestern Energy has an array of windmills and they are not performing as well as hoped. Solar applications are good for very specific uses. Solar power to this point, can not replace a big power generating plant. I've been waiting for this type of energy to improve since about 1973, so don't hold your breath. If we could have cold fusion, it would be an improvement over coal plants, I think.

Both solar and wind come and go. You must store the energy to be able to distribute evenly. It doesn't work with the grid system. It can work for buildings or a refrigerator. I read a story once about a father who had a generator to the TV from an exercise bike. For the kids to watch TV, they had to pedal for a long time!
That's how video games should all be. You have to burn so many calories to play for so many minutes! There would be less
childhood obesity!

Answer 2

The problem with solar power is that the sun isn't always shining. The problem with wind power is that the wind isn't always blowing. Neither is reliable enough to generate enough power on its own all the time, which means other power plants are still necessary. Further, turning these auxiliary plants on and off to balance supply is very expensive and not environmentally friendly, whereas leaving them on is wasteful of power and likewise not environmentally friendly. While wind and solar are viable on a small scale (say, to power a house hot water heater) the added expense of building both the wind or solar infrastructure and the supplementary power generators is often prohibitive.

Answer 3

I like the idea of wind and solar power, but there are problems to be overcome.

Gas is very popular because it is reliable, inexpensive and easy to transport, whereas current technology battery storage is relatively heavy and expensive. Our civilization's urban design (i.e., suburban sprawl) is HEAVILY reliant on car & truck transportation and the internal combustion engine, and a lot of engineers are very well versed in this technology. This labour pool makes petroleum power generators a relatively inexpensive energy source for now.

Besides transportation (that is, for the power grid) I don't see how wind or solar power are significantly cheaper than other established non-petroleum sources such as geothermal, natural gas, or tidal harness. For coal and nuclear (and possibly hydroelectric), environmental damage arguably creates excessive costs.

People often object to wind power because of the noise factor, and there have been problems (such as icing) with many wind turbine designs, but these are being overcome. Solar power has many applications besides power generation. Like wind power, technical problems are gradually being overcome as solar panel designs improve.

It is very likely that, as oil prices rise _all_ other options - including wind and solar - will be more popular. (Past oil price spikes and corresponding alternate power technology surges have demonstrated this very convincingly, so that oil producers are now strongly motivated to keep prices low).

The real question is, will we be able to change over quickly enough when the real oil crunch hits to preserve a recognizable version of our society?

Answer 4

Both solar and wind power cannot generate regulally. It is better to have both of them together. Wind power has higher power than solar base on price range. But some people think wind power not looking good. In China, some city is using cheaper wind power around USD200 each with maximum 500W generation.

Answer 5

Solar energy has an extremely high cost to set up the panels, and people don't know how to store that kind of energy. Wind power, I think there aren't too many great places for it, and it costs a lot to set up too.

Answer 6

The resource to power these systems is cheaper but the systems themselves to convert this energy resouce is not cheaper at the moment but is getting better.

The problem is getting the systems of solar and wind power to be build economically and at a similar cost as fossil fuel energy sources.

hope that helps

Answer 7

At this time we are starting to get more wind power, but other forms of energy are still cheaper.

You can buy solar units for your home, they work well, but it is expensive to set up.

Answer 8

It is not really cheaper! The cost of building wind fields and solar panels is really high and the maintenance cost is pretty steep too.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

not very dependable and dont make much energy