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For anyone else curious, MWe stands for "megawatt electric". The average American home uses very roughly 1000 watts on average [0], so a 500 MWe plant serves ve
by hsod 9y ago
For anyone else curious, MWe stands for "megawatt electric". The average American home uses very roughly 1000 watts on average [0], so a 500 MWe plant serves very roughly 500,000 American homes.
[0]: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=97&t=3 https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=97&t=3
901,000 watt-hours per month / (30 * 24) ~= 1,250 watts
- beojan 9y agoAn average isn't very helpful here. A single kettle / oven / heater will use 1 kW by itself.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoNot every house will have one of those on at all times. Sure, a house could use many multiples more than 1 kW for a bit, but will go back down eventually.
- beojan 9y agoYes, that's why an average isn't too meaningful. The times these things are on aren't the same for every house, but they are correlated.