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Engineering360: "Video: New title holder for largest wind turbine"

05/20/2020 1:15 PM

Read Engineering360 article: Video: New title holder for largest wind turbine.

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Re: Video: New title holder for largest wind turbine

05/20/2020 11:40 PM

I always love doing the math:

14,000,000 watts divided by 18,000 households = 778 watts per house.

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05/22/2020 8:31 AM

The "word" of the day is: energy consumption
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"In the US typical household power consumption is about 11,700 kWh each year (1339 W), in France it is 6,400 kWh (733 W), in the UK it is 4,600 kWh (527 W) and in China around 1,300 kWh (149 W)."
(a couple examples from shrinkthatfootprint.com)

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05/22/2020 5:32 PM

Why can't the writers just state that the nameplate capacity of the turbine is 14MW and leave it at that? They all seem to want to say how many houses it can supply and the numbers are B.S. First off, no one is going to create baseload using wind turbines. It's ballocks. Wind power can supplement the energy portfolio. And that's fine.

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06/13/2020 2:06 AM

Hi they give 14MW as enough for 18,000 homes, this is only 777wats per home?

sorry but this does not seem correct and average home is on 6kw

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