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The W rating of wind turbines is misleading, because it's the max output, which is very rarely attained. The real average output is usually just 10 to 20%. Nuc
by himinlomax 3y ago
The W rating of wind turbines is misleading, because it's the max output, which is very rarely attained. The real average output is usually just 10 to 20%.
Nuclear can typically deliver 90% of its max output.
- rbanffy 3y ago> Nuclear can typically deliver 90% of its max output. Even more than 100% rated power, if you allow it to Chernobyl itself.
- throwawaymobule 3y agoThey can also use power in certain situations. If the wind is especially weak, they're usually kept spinning using electricity because it takes more wind to start one from a stop than to keep it going. I've seen one that's sometimes a net-loser on days where the other turbines are standing still. (based on what a landowner said, from the stats the operator gives him)