I read that 1 wind turbine powers 600 homes.
IIRC the ocean energy department posted the 11 million number. I could be wrong. Wait until a Cat 6 meanders through.
On average, a home uses about 7 kW. 600 homes is 4,200 kw or 4.2 MW. The big offshore wind turbines are at that size.
BJT you are falling for the fallacy that every wind turning will produce 100% of its nameplate rating 100% of the time which is obviously not true or possible. Wind turbines have crappy “capacity factors.” That’s simply the time averaged output divided by that 100% nameplate rating. Wind turbines have a Capacity Factor around 28% which is awful. How would you like to invest in a factory designed to produce 100 widgets per hour but can only achieve 28 widgets per hour?
So what do you do? The obvious solution is to overbuild by 3X.
But even 3X won’t do a thing when the wind stops blowing…which it does. So you can build energy storage systems to save energy, right? No, they do not exist and never will. All of the nation’s installed battery capacity today can power the country for less than one minute and at fantastically high prices. Plus you have toxic batteries that are nothing but hazardous waste at the end of their 20 year lifespans.
Wind and solar are gigantic scams only being pursued by rent seekers. It is trillions of dollars of wealth siphoned off by “green” companies, pols (mostly Dem), university professors, CEOs and exec staff of “green” companies and other parasites.