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> Already factored in. I highly doubt that. The Tricastin NPP for instance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricastin_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.o
by shakow 5y ago
> Already factored in.
I highly doubt that. The Tricastin NPP for instance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricastin_Nuclear_Power_Plant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricastin_Nuclear_Power_Plant) is a rather average one, producing up to 3660MW. An average windmill output stand around 2.5MW, hence equivalent 1464 windmills simultaneously running before accounting for the load factor.
> but here's once
This one is about a nuclear reactor, not an NPP. Typical NPPs features 2 to 6 reactors.
- mcguire 5y agoHmm. Ok, let's see here... * https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/nuclear-power-plants.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/nuclear-power-pl... (2019) 56 NPPs, 809,410,000 MWh (actually generated) * https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-turbines-are-contained-us-wind-turbine-database?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/how-many-turbines-are-contained-us... ~60,000 wind turbines (I've seen numbers between 57,000 and 67,000.) * https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/electricity-generation-from-wind.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/wind/electricity-generat... (2020) 338,000,000 MWh (actually generated) 1NPP -> 14,453,750 MWh/yr 1WT -> 5633 MWh/yr 1NPP == 2600 WT You are absolutely correct.