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Wind is great. But consider: at 1.5MW generation capacity max per generator, it takes 600+ of them to produce 1GW. Other commercial generation plants produce ma
by JoeAltmaier 4y ago
Wind is great. But consider: at 1.5MW generation capacity max per generator, it takes 600+ of them to produce 1GW. Other commercial generation plants produce many GW (30? 50?)
Wind power may be a red-herring as a generation option for our civilization as a whole.
Sorry if this is disappointing to readers. But unless you want 10,000 wind towers in your county I don't know what other option to suggest.
- z3t4 4y agoModern nuclear power plant around 1GW. Modern wind 8MW per pole (175m propellar)
- scarab92 4y agoNo facility can produce 30 GW. The new Vogtle reactors are 1.1 GW each, which is pretty typical for nuclear or fossil fuel plant. Steam turbines over 2 GW don't exist afaik. Also, the median new wind turbine in the US is over 3 MW now.
- JoeAltmaier 4y agoSorry, got a denominator wrong. Half a GW is about par? So we're talking what, only 150-300 1.5MW towers per reactor?