One of my favorite charts: http://i.imgur.com/UUy8Xvz.png http://i.imgur.com/UUy8Xvz.png For the 4.5GW of wind installations that came online in 2014, the ave

One of my favorite charts: http://i.imgur.com/UUy8Xvz.png http://i.imgur.com/UUy8Xvz.png For the 4.5GW of wind installations that came online in 2014, the average capacity factor is above 40%. For 1/6 of the projects, they're above 45%. When we go to 140+ meter hub heights, NREL expects the best projects to have capacity factors of 60-65%: http://i.imgur.com/ebfPQYD.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ebfPQYD.jpg Nuclear obviously kills that with 92+% factors, but coal and natural gas plants are right there near 60%.. we're really on the precipice in the best possible way.