Wikipedia, 2013/05/20, stated that the total installed wind power in Iowa was 5137MW in 2012 (at the same time the total for the whole of Australia was about 2600MW) and that Iowa had the greatest
wind power capacity per square kilometre for any US state.
Not exact matches
At Xcel Energy, the utility firm with the highest total
wind capacity in the United States, the number of forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve
power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes
per year, says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy analyst with the firm who is based in Denver, Colorado.
The government's review of the UK energy supply published today (26 / July) highlights the dreadful performance of
wind power, with over 1830 turbines with combined
capacity of 2GW reducing fuel consumption in (and emissions from) UK
power stations by tiny and irrelevant fraction of one
per cent.
In 2005 the average
power they generated was 57.9
per cent of their maximum
capacity, a record for any
wind farm.
«With technological advancements in solar
power and large turbines in
wind energy, the country should strive for 50
per cent generation
capacity from renewable sources by 2030,» Goyal said while addressing the Congress.
Vanguard As Nigeria grapples with inadequate
power supply, focus appears to be shifting towards
wind power which capacity is estimated to reach 2,110 Giga Watts, GW, globally and generate up to 20 per cent of the world's electricity by 2030, while attracting around 200 billion euros in annual investment, the Global Wind Energy Council, WEC, biennial Wind Energy Outlook, repor
wind power which
capacity is estimated to reach 2,110 Giga Watts, GW, globally and generate up to 20
per cent of the world's electricity by 2030, while attracting around 200 billion euros in annual investment, the Global
Wind Energy Council, WEC, biennial Wind Energy Outlook, repor
Wind Energy Council, WEC, biennial
Wind Energy Outlook, repor
Wind Energy Outlook, report...
(
Capacity factor of
wind power in Australia is about twice that of solar PV
power, so the capital cost
per average MW of generation by Ms McBain's figures, would be similar for
wind and solar.)
An analysis of 93
wind projects, with some 14 gigawatts (14,000,000 kilowatts) of
wind power capacity found «the average permanent direct impact value» of 0.3 hectares
per MW of
capacity.
According to
Wind Power in Europe, wind energy was not only the leading source of new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44 per cent of new installed capacity), it has been the largest source of new electricity generating capacity in Europe over the last 15 ye
Wind Power in Europe,
wind energy was not only the leading source of new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44 per cent of new installed capacity), it has been the largest source of new electricity generating capacity in Europe over the last 15 ye
wind energy was not only the leading source of new electricity generation in 2014 (representing 44
per cent of new installed
capacity), it has been the largest source of new electricity generating
capacity in Europe over the last 15 years.
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2017 finds that
wind, solar, biomass and waste - to - energy, geothermal, small hydro and marine sources added 138.5 gigawatts to global
power capacity in 2016, up 8
per cent from the 127.5 gigawatts added the year before.
note 9; «Spanish
Wind Power Industry Attacks New Rules,» Reuters, 2 February 2007; «EWEA Aims for 22 % of Europe's Electricity by 2030,» Wind Directions (November / December 2006), p. 34; a 1 - megawatt wind turbine operating 36 percent of the time generates 3.15 million kilowatt - hours and the average U.S. home consumes 10,000 kilowatt - hours per year; average energy consumption per U.S. home from DOE, EIA, Regional Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005); capacity factor from NREL,
Wind Power Industry Attacks New Rules,» Reuters, 2 February 2007; «EWEA Aims for 22 % of Europe's Electricity by 2030,»
Wind Directions (November / December 2006), p. 34; a 1 - megawatt wind turbine operating 36 percent of the time generates 3.15 million kilowatt - hours and the average U.S. home consumes 10,000 kilowatt - hours per year; average energy consumption per U.S. home from DOE, EIA, Regional Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005); capacity factor from NREL,
Wind Directions (November / December 2006), p. 34; a 1 - megawatt
wind turbine operating 36 percent of the time generates 3.15 million kilowatt - hours and the average U.S. home consumes 10,000 kilowatt - hours per year; average energy consumption per U.S. home from DOE, EIA, Regional Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005); capacity factor from NREL,
wind turbine operating 36 percent of the time generates 3.15 million kilowatt - hours and the average U.S. home consumes 10,000 kilowatt - hours
per year; average energy consumption
per U.S. home from DOE, EIA, Regional Energy Profile — U.S. Household Electricity Report (Washington, DC: July 2005);
capacity factor from NREL, op.
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 Associat
wind power capacity in the European Union to generate six
per cent of its electricity, according to the European
Wind Energy Associat
Wind Energy Association.
«Texas Decision Could Double
Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20
Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apri
Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 Apri
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity
per year; an average
wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20
wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European
per person consumption from European
Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20
Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «
Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 20
Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal
Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2
Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
The country accounts for over 40
per cent of the UK's onshore and offshore
wind power capacity.
Perhaps the most revealing point in the article is made by a graph that shows the proportion of China's installed
power capacity from
wind, hydro and solar having grown from 20 % in 2007 to 35 % in 2016, that is an average rate of about 1.5 %
per year.
High
capacity power transmission lines cost in the order of a million dollars
per kilometre and
wind farms need to be built in areas with a good
wind resource, so financially viable
wind farm sites are limited.
With an offshore
wind carrying
capacity of roughly 3 - 5 megawatts
per square kilometer, the Kitty Hawk area could represent about 1,500 - 2,500 megawatts of
wind power capacity.
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.
Average
wind speeds in these areas are anticipated to be greater than eight metres
per second, a
capacity factor of greater than 38 % is expected to be achievable and 10 GW (10 000 MW) of
wind power capacity could be installed (3000 to 5000 turbines of the size being built in 2010).
note 43, and Global
Wind Energy Council, Global
Wind 2006 Report (Brussels: 2007), p. 4, with
capacity factor from National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Oak Ridge, TN: DOE, August 2006); Flemming Hansen, «Denmark to Increase
Wind Power to 50 % by 2025, Mostly Offshore,» Renewable Energy Access, 5 December 2006; Global
Wind Energy Council, «Global
Wind Energy Markets Continue to Boom - 2006 Another Record Year,» press release (Brussels: 2 February 2007), with European
per person consumption from European
Wind Energy Association, «
Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16.
As of October 2011 there was over 1200MW of operational
wind farm
capacity in South Australia and the state had about as high an installed
capacity of
wind power per capita as any nation in the world (see Installed
wind power per capita and How does Australia compare?).
Wind based
power for the Province of Ontario,
per todays report, varied from 8 % to 43 % of «capability» which means peak
capacity.
Jim, when you say «
Wind based
power for the Province of Ontario,
per todays report, varied from 8 % to 43 % of «capability» which means peak
capacity.»
Short term projections have new
Wind farm
capacity increasing by +20 GW
per year only being able to replace maybe 2 x 5 GWe Coal Fired
power stations
per year.
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Crude Oil Production, electronic database, at tonto.eia.doe.gov, updated 28 July 2008; American
Wind Energy Association (AWEA), «Installed U.S.
Wind Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
Power Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S. Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
Capacity Surged 45 % in 2007: American
Wind Energy Association Market Report,» press release (Washington, DC: 17 January 2008); AWEA, U.S.
Wind Energy Projects, electronic database, at www.awea.org/projects, updated 31 March 2009; future
capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity calculated from Emerging Energy Research (EER), «US
Wind Markets Surge to New Heights,» press release (Cambridge, MA: 14 August 2008); coal - fired
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity
per year; residential consumption calculated using «Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 2005,» in DOE, EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2005 Status Report (Washington, DC: 2007), with
capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 Februa
capacity factor from DOE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February
Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Golden, CO: August 2006); population from U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts, electronic database, at quickfacts.census.gov, updated 20 February 2009.
I have calculated the capital costs of
wind power in Australia at around $ 2.00
per installed Watt, or $ 6.00
per generated Watt (the weighted average
capacity factor of Australian
wind farms is 34 %).
UK
wind farms have a theoretical maximum
capacity of more than 13,000 megawatts, but produced less than 400 megawatts of
power for much of the peak demand period — meeting less than one
per cent of the UK's electricity needs, published data suggests.
On average, there were 63 hectares (156 acres) of total
wind farm area
per MW of
capacity, but only 0.27 hectares (0.67 acres) of permanently disturbed area
per MW of
wind power capacity.