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The UK has just finished building the Hornsea Project 1 offshore wind farm. [1] It had a projected cost of $5.2 billion for a nameplate capacity of 1.2GW and a
by Udik 6y ago
The UK has just finished building the Hornsea Project 1 offshore wind farm. [1]
It had a projected cost of $5.2 billion for a nameplate capacity of 1.2GW and an actual average output of 0.46GW. Scaled to the output of the Flamanville mess (1.6GW), it means that a wind farm with equivalent average output would cost about $18 billion. Though I imagine that the average lifetime of a 174-turbines wind farm over an area of 630 sq kms in the middle of the sea might be shorter than that of a nuclear plant.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsea_Wind_Farm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornsea_Wind_Farm
- bpizzi 6y agoThat data speaks for itself. And we're still talking about an average output. When wind will not blow enough for meeting consumption then additional energy will be drawn from other sources, and it will, it already is. Renewable energy is great but it is a non-viable option as a main energy source.