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Originally Posted by R N M
The people bidding on these contracts have zero concerns on long term reliability of the charging stations. Once they are built, they move on to the next build.
Same situation with wind farms, building them is the easy part but maint / repair and making $$$ is where the challenge lies.
At the end of the day, energy costs will skyrocket and owning a car will be more expensive for average person. There is no free lunch to build and maintain all this new infrastructure.
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So you're an insider with both the stations and wind farms? It doesn't really sound like it.
Charging stations in comparison to a gas station seem like a cinch. Anywhere that has some distro power, slap down a 1000-2500kva transformer, inverter and run your stalls, bury everything underground and done. No environmental studies and permitting like what's required to get a tank dug, etc etc etc. Not sure if you've ever bought land, but buying land that used to have a gas station and the resulting reclamation process is a pain in the ass. If anyone has leads or contacts on any of these supposed "subsidies" into building charging stations, please send them my way.
Can't speak to wind farms in terms of development, or maintenance first hand, but I can tell you the solar guys are the ones who complain about an aging fleet of panels, not the wind guys.