It is impossible for a company or a nation to ration or boycott wind energy for its own purposes. Electricity from many wind turbines can be combined to generate large amounts of electricity. It is much easier and faster to build a wind farm from many wind turbines than to build a power plant or hydro dam to generate the same amount of electricity. Disadvantages of wind energy Wind energy is expensive. The direct cost of electricity from wind is usually several times higher than the cost of electricity from a central generating plant.
Wind varies a great deal.
It is hard to predict. Sometimes it does not blow at all. Because wind is not steady, electricity from wind is not reliable. To use wind energy for electricity, people must store electricity or have other ways to make up for the changeable supply. Batteries to store wind energy are expensive and difficult to use.