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6 Post author: Algon 03 May 2015 06:16PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 May 2015 03:30:58PM 3 points [-]

Their energy is not free. Even ignoring repayment and maintenance schedules, there is marginal cost because they only have so many renewable generators installed.