[ricardo81]

My thinking is much the same, though living in a higher and winder latitude I'm participating in a wind turbine co-operative (UK only though) [0]

It's not classed as an investment for tax reasons and limits you to 120% of your estimated residential consumption. It will essentially remove the wholesale cost of electricity from my bill for 25 years - so protects me from price spikes like the past 12 months.

My town has a river running through it and would love to invest in a similar hydro scheme. The LCOE for wind/solar/hydro would seemingly always beat fossil fuels, given how finite the latter is.

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