1 Reading 5.2. Reading 5.2 â Population Bottlenecks and Founder Effects. Genetic Drift; When one trait becomes more common in a population due to random. chance (not because it is advantageous or non-advantageous) Population Bottleneck: is event in which a large number of a species is killed causing the. remaining population to reproduce.
Overall, wind farms cost in the area of $1,000 per kW of capacity, so a wind farm consisting of seven 1.8-MW turbines runs about $12.6 million.
The offshore wind industry is confident that significant. cost reductions are achievable across the supply. chain during the next ten years. On average, the 200. executives in the European offshore wind industry. surveyed for this report expect the cost of developing. and constructing offshore wind farms to fall to. Â£2.8 million per MW for projects that reach a final. investment decision (FID) in 2018 and to Â£2.4 million.