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The city’s seven windmills have so far saved Reno $2,785 in energy costs after generating 25,319 kilowatt-hours of electricity. The windmills were installed between April and October 2010 and cost about $1 million out of a $2.1 million federal energy grant given to the city that was part of the stimulus package approved by Congress in February 2009......
The windmills are part of the city’s larger, $20 million renewable energy effort, funded by $4.7 million grants and rebates, as well as $15.3 million in renewable energy-related bonds that will be paid off using cost savings from the project over the next 15 years.
So far, the city has reduced its energy consumption by about 45 percent and is saving about $1.1 million in energy costs a year, largely from retrofitting buildings with efficient light bulbs and other cost-saving measures. In February, the city finished work on nine solar installations that are expected to save up $3 million in energy costs over the next 20 years, or $150,000 a year, and generate up to 18 percent of the government’s electricity...
IRN the windmills were stupid. They wont pay for them themselves. As far as the 20 million being spent to save about 1 million a year mostly through retrofitting buildings... wish a few more details on what is really contributing to the savings.. and see how and were they got this number from...but i guess time will tell if those grants get paid back but i doubt they will scope creep and repairs. And again federal dollars. Should be state level spending on such a thing.