Nuclear Power Vs. Windmills

Of course Windmills are better option form environment perspective. May be we have invested lot of time and money in Nuclear technology...and still finding it tough to handle the nuclear waste. Looking at the future it makes sense to invest in greener and cleaner source of Power like Windmills.

It is quite rite to say that wind energy is both clean energy as well as most cost efficient, but looking at the great need of energy we have to include the nuclear power also in our energy portfolio substantially as it is having the best PLF (Plant load factor) and it is also very much profitable also in the long run. But yes, as we compare the economics of both energy then wind energy is always having the edge as the recurring cost is very minimal because of the non dependency on the raw material.

Wind power tech is really moving towards right direction, forward. The windmills each producing over 500kw are already being used world around. It's one of the cheapest source of energy available on earth. The windmills churn out energy through out the day, which makes it very reliable. Also unlike the nuclear power, besides high initial cost per unit there is no cost of the raw material of any kind. Also the maimtaince cost is very low.

With the requirement of costly uranium as fuel, running cost of the Nuclear plant is high, even with high initial cost. Also India has been strugling to ensure the uninterupted suply of this fuel & hence many of the plants were running below full capacity.

Though it is difficult understand the economics of the two power sources, the wind energy definitely wins hands down in long run. With govt. inputs, this ecofriendly energy source can go the distance & be most economical as well as clean source of energy for all.