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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 03:24 PM Original message |
2 Va. firms seek to establish offshore wind farms (1500 MW) |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just in case anyone's wondering, 1.5 GWe is about the output of a nuke. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. About half a nuke, actually. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No, that's the output of about one unit. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That wind farm would need a capacty factor of .70 to equal one AP1000. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You have to consider capacity factor. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Offshore wind capacity factor is between 40-44%. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Closer to 1/3 a single reactor. See below. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I was being generous to the wind farm. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No it isn't you are ignoring capacity factor. Annual output is roughly 1/3 that of a reactor. |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. a serious question |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I honestly don't know. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. The capacity factor red herring... |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Not according to the DOE. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. These are the same people who have consistantly forecast a 2% YOY growth rate for wind |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Actually DOE projects a tripling of wind/solar by 2020. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You used EIA stats - they predicted the 2% increase. |
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