Making wind power as a major source of electricity can be expensive and can have many disadvantages; However, there are many important benefits that can also be derived from wind energy. Buying and installing a wind turbine is expensive. The cost to install a small “home single turbine” can be up to thirteen thousand five hundred dollars! A popular home wind turbine is the Skystream. With this turbine, homeowners would need to earn thirty-five to forty cents per kilowatt hour to earn the amount of money needed to purchase this turbine within the first ten years of owning the turbine which is estimated to last for approximately twenty years. The smaller the turbine, the more it will cost. Small turbines can cost between five thousand and fifteen thousand dollars, while a larger turbine will cost between one thousand, five hundred and around two thousand dollars, and a commercial turbine will only cost between five hundred and seven hundred dollars. This is because small turbines are more likely to break down and do not generate as much electricity as larger turbines (Gipe 125-128). Although smaller turbines cost more, larger turbines cost more to install. Installing a thirty-story-tall two-megawatt turbine can cost approximately $3.5 million (Alina-Florentine 66). Purchasing and installing a turbine are not the only costs potential buyers need to prepare for; The cost of maintaining a turbine can also be high. Wind turbines are like cars, they can be expensive to maintain. The total “recurring costs” each year, for items such as maintenance, insurance and repairs, can represent approximately 4% of the cost of installing the turbine. For the Skystream turbine it was estimated that the “r...... half of the paper ......nce Series 20.2 (2011): 62-68. Business origination completed. Network. November 1, 2013Alters, Sandra. Energy: supplies, sustainability and costs. Detroit, MI; Thomas Gale, 2007. Print.Gipe, Paul. Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind Energy Systems. 2nd ed. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Pub., 2009. Print.Motavallli, Jim. “Wind energy should be pursued.” Energy alternatives. Ed. Barbara Passero. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2006. Opposing Views. Excerpt from “Catching the Wind”. Journal E. 2005: 26-39. Opposing points of view in context. Network. November 12, 2013.Smith, Douglas J. “Wind Energy Project Developers Face Many Challenges.” Energy Engineering 108.5 (2004): 46. MasterFILE Premier. Network. November 3, 2013.Willey, Lawrence. “Challenges and Rewards for Wind Engineers.” Mechanical Engineering 134.8 (2012): 52-53. Business origination completed. Network. November 1. 2013.