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To: Balding_Eagle; Don W

Land-based turbines can and do have an annual average net capacity factor of well over 40% of their nameplate MW depending on the local wind resource. Offshore turbines tend to produce even more as the air density is at a maximum at sea level, the winds tend to be steadier (depending on location) , and there is no interference (trees, hills, etc.).


25 posted on 10/11/2009 11:29:58 AM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: DTogo

The study I was referring to had at least 10,000 land based turbines in it, covering IIRC a five year time. Their performance was just under 30% for those turbines over that time frame. That included all downtime due to lack of wind, maintance, or any other reason they weren’t producing electricy.

40% is a huge jump from 30%, do you have a study to refer to?


29 posted on 10/11/2009 6:49:53 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (If America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
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