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Stupid question but is there a market for lots of smaller wind turbines? What’s the efficiency like vs. one big turbine? Is there something like a solar farm
by JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
Stupid question but is there a market for lots of smaller wind turbines? What’s the efficiency like vs. one big turbine? Is there something like a solar farm with modular panels, but for wind?
- michaelhoney 7y agoAs I understand it the power is relative to the square of the diameter of the blades, so bigger is (nonlinearly) better. http://drømstørre.dk/wp-content/wind/miller/windpower%20web/en/tour/wtrb/size.htm http://xn--drmstrre-64ad.dk/wp-content/wind/miller/windpower...
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agoGreat link, thank you.
- perfunctory 7y agoOn their diagram 40m = 500kW, 80m = 2500kW. So the doubling of diameter is five-fold increase in power. That’s even more than squared.