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Refer to the "2008 Wind Technologies Market Report", issued by the Department of Energy in July 2009 (http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/emp/reports/2008-wind-technologies.pdf). $1.3M per megawatt is right on (for 2008 data).

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I asked the company Vestas this question. They are number two in the world in producing wind turbines. They told me the answer is based on a thousand factors but that the general rule of thumb is that wind turbines cost 1.3 to 1.5 million per megawatt.

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