In fact, there are formidable challenges to bringing large
amounts of renewable power online, especially near term. Dr.
Axelrod's study found the following. Wind power. "To replace
Vermont Yankee with an equivalent number of wind-derived
electricity would require the installation of more than 1,500
wind generators. Given that the largest wind farms install only
a few hundred generators, the addition of 1,500 generations with
the associated transmission lines needed to connect to the
Vermont network, 2012 is an unrealistic completion date." Solar.
"The equivalent number of solar collectors (to replace Vermont
Yankee) would require over 2,000 acres of dedicated space just
for the solar collectors. To maximize exposure to the sun, an
untold amount of land will have to be cleared in order to
capture as much sun energy as possible." Wood. "The amount of
wood and waste wood materials needed to produce the same amounts
of electricity as from Vermont Yankee would exceed two million
tons of bond-dry wood per year, a V