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 best estimate available for the total cost of wind power is $149 per megawatt-hour, taken from Gibersonâs 2013 report. It is difficult to quantify some factors of the cost of wind power, such as the cost of state policies.or the studies we examined, capital costs ranged from $48 to $88 per megawatt-hour, while O&M costs ranged from $9.8 to $21 per megawatt-hour. Many estimates, however, donât include costs related to the inherent unreliability of wind power and government subsidies and mandates.