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I'm no electrical engineer (could be doing the math wrong), but I think there is a pretty glaring error in this page: The author mentions a 400 MW wind farm, a
by mangeletti 11y ago
I'm no electrical engineer (could be doing the math wrong), but I think there is a pretty glaring error in this page:
The author mentions a 400 MW wind farm, and then says that correlates to 400,000 homes. Unless homes in Denmark use only 3% of what homes in the US use on average[1], that number should be somewhere closer to 15,000 homes.
1. http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3 http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3
- maxerickson 11y agoYou have not accounted for the difference between power and energy. 909 kilowatt hours (energy) divided by a month (720 hours) is an average of about 1250 watts (power). So 400 megawatts might only power 300,000 US homes, but the scale is about right.
- tomarr 11y ago400 MW not 400 MWh. The power generated by the wind farm is enough to power 400,000 homes at peak. The link you provided talks about energy generated.
- sebnukem2 11y agoNo, this is a correct figure. I think you are confusing power with energy. Also, the consumption of the average US home is a lot higher than in Europe.
- jsingleton 11y agoThis would equate to a constant 1kW load per home which looks about right on the face of it. In fact that's probably a bit high.
- mangeletti 11y agoAh, thanks for all the replies.