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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 1297357" data-attributes="member: 43825">It&#039;s called research. Research always costs money. We wouldn&#039;t have the technology today without &quot; investing&quot; in research.<a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/business/energy-environment/wind-industrys-new-technologies-are-helping-it-compete-on-price.html?_r=0&amp;referrer=" target="_blank">http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/business/energy-environment/wind-industrys-new-technologies-are-helping-it-compete-on-price.html?_r=0&amp;referrer=</a>Ben Glass, chief executive of Altaeros, said he expected the company to be able to offer power at about 18 cents per kilowatt-hour, far too high for most conventional markets but still well below the 35 cents a kilowatt-hour often paid in remote areas of Alaska.In parts of Alaska, prices can reach about $1 per kilowatt-hour, roughly 10 times the national average. Serving markets like that could help the company establish its business and lower costs to eventually compete for larger-scale projects.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 1297357, member: 43825"] It's called research. Research always costs money. We wouldn't have the technology today without " investing" in research. [url]http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/business/energy-environment/wind-industrys-new-technologies-are-helping-it-compete-on-price.html?_r=0&referrer=[/url] Ben Glass, chief executive of Altaeros, said he expected the company to be able to offer power at about 18 cents per kilowatt-hour, far too high for most conventional markets but still well below the 35 cents a kilowatt-hour often paid in remote areas of Alaska. In parts of Alaska, prices can reach about $1 per kilowatt-hour, roughly 10 times the national average. Serving markets like that could help the company establish its business and lower costs to eventually compete for larger-scale projects. [/QUOTE]

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