“[Wind power is the] most expensive energy ever conceived.”

Wind is among the cheapest new power sources, not the most expensive. The Energy Information Administration's 2025 estimates put onshore wind at $29.58 per megawatt-hour, the lowest of any new resource, against $64.55 for gas combined-cycle, $81.45 for advanced nuclear and $133.88 for a gas combustion turbine (EIA's figures include tax credits). Lazard's unsubsidized 2025 figures put onshore wind at $37 to $86, below coal ($71 to $173), U.S. nuclear ($141 to $220) and gas peaking ($149 to $251). Offshore wind is costlier, $117 to $181 for NREL's reference plants, and backing up wind's variable output adds cost, up to $138 in California, but even firmed wind stays below gas peaking.

Lazard, Levelized Cost of Energy+, June 2025: "On an unsubsidized $/MWh basis, renewable energy remains the most cost-competitive form of generation."