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I didn't realize it went as low as that. Some wind farms can hit 65% https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/worlds-first-floating-offshore-wind-farm-65-

• simonh 4y ago
  True but with nuclear you can usually schedule the downtime well in advance. With wind it just stops whenever, whether you’re ready for it or not.
  • btreecat 4y ago
    Funny enough, this is why you see wind farms where there is a decent prevailing wind. The biggest issue is usually our lack of capacity to store/transmit. They shut of some turbines because they over produce for the Network capacity.
  • pydry 4y ago
    You have to fire up the gas generators either way to fill in the gaps. Scheduled nuclear downtime isnt any greener than the a slow wind day.
  • 7952 4y ago
    But downtime of a turbine only affects one turbine. The rest can carry on as normal and generate power. With nuclear you can lose 1000MW all at once.
• olejorgenb 4y ago
  That's the same as saying nuclear can hit 95% while the real-world average is more like 80%. For wind that number seems to be around 40% (both land and offshore from a quick search). Guess the jury is out on how more extensive maintenance will affect these projects(?), but down time for wind turbines are probably a lot less than for nuclear plants. Capacity factors for wind projects surely are highly dependent on location, not just technology. Remains to be seen how many premium locations are suitable?