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Originally Posted by redpoint5
What capacity factor are the best wind doing? I can't imagine 50%+. That would mean that on average, the wind was blowing such that the turbine was producing an average of at least half the maximum rated output. So days where it produced less than half would have to be made up on days that produced more than half.
I thought 1/3 was what to expect from wind and solar?
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GE's Haliade-X-12 MW turbine is rated @ 63% Capacity Factor.It's the world's largest extant wind turbine, with 220-meter turbine,for offshore,deepwater applications.It can 'start' producing in a lighter wind.The aerodynamics of the blades are state-of-the-art.
They've already got 30-MW at the Block Island Wind Farm,off the coast of Rhode Island;with 67-GW annual production (16,000 European homes/turbine), and are adding to it,with a new commitment of $200-billion (US).
Rhode Island has already seen 11-inches of sea-level rise since 1930.They've warmed 3.4-degrees F since 1895.Their winters are 4-F warmer than 1970.
Their electric bills went down 40%,not up.
The rumor in Texas,is that we could be zero carbon,easy.