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Texas’ capacity was 113000 MW yesterday so 1.5MW doesn’t seem significant. Am I understanding this wrong? https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards https://
by mlyons1340 1y ago
Texas’ capacity was 113000 MW yesterday so 1.5MW doesn’t seem significant. Am I understanding this wrong?
https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards https://www.ercot.com/gridmktinfo/dashboards
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- saberience 1y agoWhy are you comparing a single turbine in Scotland to the entirety of the state of Texas's supply (thousands of turbines)?
- mousethatroared 1y agohundreds of thousands.
- regularfry 1y agoWrong comparator. 1.5MW nominal output is comparable to a large wind turbine. For instance, there's the https://www.esig.energy/wiki-main-page/general-electric-1-5-mw-series/ https://www.esig.energy/wiki-main-page/general-electric-1-5-..., which has ~40m blades. The AR1500 (which is what these tidal generators are using) is smaller, with "only" 9m blades. So it's significant in that these aren't toy devices, they fit in a very similar place in the engineering ecosystem as conventional wind. They should be a real competitor.
- pyrale 1y agoIn 2025, the large commercially deployed wind turbines are like 15MW for offshore and 6MW for onshore. GE's 1.5MW models are 20 years old.
- _fizz_buzz_ 1y agoCan you even still buy new 1.5MW wind turbines?
- Mashimo 1y agoYeah, and a solar panel might only produce 250 watt, that would mean solar is also not significant /s
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoAre you really comparing a single experimental turbine's handwaved output with the consumption of an entire state with a population as big as the bigger European countries?