Last year, there was
enough wind power capacity in the European Union to generate six per cent of its electricity, according to the European Wind Energy Association.
China's wind overload: In most parts of the world there is probably not
enough wind power capacity, but in northwestern China, there is too much.
Not exact matches
These improvements have led to an installed
wind capacity of 74,821 MW in the United States,
enough electricity to
power nearly 20 million average U.S. homes every year.
The Arkwright Summit
Wind Farm will connect to the grid in the Town of Pomfret and will have an installed
capacity of 78.4 megawatts,
enough to
power about 33,000 average homes with clean energy each year.
The offshore
wind power potential in the U.S. is huge, totalling more than 4,000 gigawatts if fully developed — about four times today's total U.S. electric
power generating
capacity and
enough electricity to
power about 800 million homes, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
There are about 4500
wind turbines on the UK mainland, which together have the
capacity to produce about 7.5 gigawatts of electricity,
enough to
power about 4.3 million homes.
And that all of those
wind turbines and solar panels (with
capacity of 13MW and 41MW respectively) create
enough electricity to
power an impressive 10 % of the entire island's electricity needs.
The
wind farm will have a
capacity of around 100 megawatts,
enough to
power about half of Aberdeen's homes, and be composed of only 11
wind turbines.
First
Wind today owns and operates 12 wind farms in six states, its portfolio comprising more than 500 turbines with a combined generating capacity of roughly 1,000 megawatts, or enough to power about 285,000 ho
Wind today owns and operates 12
wind farms in six states, its portfolio comprising more than 500 turbines with a combined generating capacity of roughly 1,000 megawatts, or enough to power about 285,000 ho
wind farms in six states, its portfolio comprising more than 500 turbines with a combined generating
capacity of roughly 1,000 megawatts, or
enough to
power about 285,000 homes.
Today, the United States has more than 60,000 megawatts of installed
wind capacity,
enough to
power the equivalent of 15 million American homes.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that
wind turbines installed in the shallow waters of the Mid-Atlantic region could add up to nearly 300,000 megawatts of
capacity —
enough to
power 90 million U.S. homes.
At the end of 2010 Japan had installed 2,300 megawatts of
wind capacity,
enough to
power 700,000 Japanese homes.
The Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) project (Gaelic for «strength of the
wind»), has a
capacity of 450 megawatts,
enough to
power 375,000 households, more than the whole of Edinburgh.
As impressive as these figures are for Europe's two largest economies, what is really astounding is that each country has
enough potential
wind generating
capacity to be 100 percent
wind -
powered.
To date, our team has successfully developed a series of
wind and solar projects in Michigan, installing
enough capacity to
power the equivalent of 57,000 average Michigan homes every year!
The United States remains second only to China, with 60,000 total megawatts of
wind capacity —
enough to
power more than 14 million U.S. homes.
«To date, we have installed nine connections using AC technology with a total transmission
capacity of more than three gigawatts, transporting
enough electricity to supply three million households with
wind power.
[From
Wind Energy Weekly:] U.S. wind energy installations now exceed 10,000 MW in generating capacity, and produce enough electricity on a typical day to power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes, AWEA announced August
Wind Energy Weekly:] U.S.
wind energy installations now exceed 10,000 MW in generating capacity, and produce enough electricity on a typical day to power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes, AWEA announced August
wind energy installations now exceed 10,000 MW in generating
capacity, and produce
enough electricity on a typical day to
power the equivalent of over 2.5 million homes, AWEA announced August 14.
Cape
Wind, «Project at a Glance,» at www.capewind.org/article24.htm, viewed 14 April 2009; Rhode Island from «Deepwater to Start Building R.I. Wind Farm in 2010,» Reuters, 8 January 2009; «LIPA & Con Edison Eye Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 25 March 2009; «Garden State Offshore Energy Wins Bid for Offshore Wind Farm,» Renewable Energy World, 6 October 2008; «Bluewater Wind Signs Contract for Sale of Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
Wind, «Project at a Glance,» at www.capewind.org/article24.htm, viewed 14 April 2009; Rhode Island from «Deepwater to Start Building R.I.
Wind Farm in 2010,» Reuters, 8 January 2009; «LIPA & Con Edison Eye Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 25 March 2009; «Garden State Offshore Energy Wins Bid for Offshore Wind Farm,» Renewable Energy World, 6 October 2008; «Bluewater Wind Signs Contract for Sale of Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
Wind Farm in 2010,» Reuters, 8 January 2009; «LIPA & Con Edison Eye Offshore
Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 25 March 2009; «Garden State Offshore Energy Wins Bid for Offshore Wind Farm,» Renewable Energy World, 6 October 2008; «Bluewater Wind Signs Contract for Sale of Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 25 March 2009; «Garden State Offshore Energy Wins Bid for Offshore
Wind Farm,» Renewable Energy World, 6 October 2008; «Bluewater Wind Signs Contract for Sale of Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
Wind Farm,» Renewable Energy World, 6 October 2008; «Bluewater
Wind Signs Contract for Sale of Offshore Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
Wind Signs Contract for Sale of Offshore
Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
Wind Power,» Renewable Energy World, 24 June 2008; 1 MW of installed
wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in not
wind capacity produces
enough electricity to supply 300 homes from sources cited in note 2.
The projects in the pipeline had
enough momentum to carry development into 2012 when $ 1.6 billion was invested and 823 MW of
wind power was installed, but since 2013 there has been essentially zero investment and no new
wind capacity installed in the state.
The
wind farm now has seven Enercon E-92
wind turbines operating with a total
capacity of 16.1 megawatts — which is
enough to
power 4,900 Nova Scotian homes.
To provide
enough reliable
wind power for a 40 % target, we need a total
capacity of 50 GW, 25 times what it is now.
Worldwide, nuclear
power generation actually declined in 2008 while
wind electric generating
capacity increased by 27,000 megawatts,
enough to supply 8 million American homes.
Canada finished 2016 with 11,898 MW of
wind energy
capacity —
enough to
power 3 million homes, or six per cent of our country's electricity demand.
Global
Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2
Wind Energy Council, Global
Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking New Coal - Fired Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2
Wind 2008 Report (Brussels: 2009), pp. 3, 56; Erik Shuster, Tracking New Coal - Fired
Power Plants (Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy Technology Laboratory, January 2009); «Nuclear Dips in 2008,» World Nuclear News, 29 May 2009; 1 megawatt of installed
wind capacity produces enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2
wind capacity produces
enough electricity to supply 300 homes from American
Wind Energy Association, «U.S. Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2
Wind Energy Association, «U.S.
Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2
Wind Energy Installations Reach New Milestone,» press release (Washington, DC: 14 August 2006); number of homes calculated using average U.S. household size from U.S. Census Bureau, «2005 — 2007 American Community Survey 3 - Year Estimates — Data Profile Highlights,» at factfinder.census.gov / servlet / ACSSAFFFacts, viewed 9 April 2009, and population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & Country QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.
Over the past few years,
wind, solar, and natural gas have made up nearly all new electric generating
capacity in the U.S. And earlier this year,
wind energy surpassed conventional hydropower to become the country's largest renewable resource, with
enough installed to
power 25 million homes.
With more than 80 countries now harnessing the
wind, there is
enough installed
wind power capacity worldwide to meet the residential electricity needs of 380 million people at the European level of consumption.
U.S.
wind power capacity has more than tripled since 2007 and now produces
enough energy to
power over 15 million homes in the United States.
Texas, the state with the largest electricity load and the most installed
wind capacity, also generated the most electricity from
wind energy — over 35.9 million megawatt - hours, or
enough to
power 3.3 million homes.
Simply doubling the usable life of a lithium battery would be
enough to start shifting battery storage of
wind power into the break - even territory (increasing
capacity and the ability to sustain larger drains would also help).