Comment on Huge Turbines Will Soon Bring First Offshore Wind Power to New Yorkers
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Yay! These things are absolutely massive since they don’t need to fit under bridges. I wonder how many mega watts these ones are. The largest ones are like 16MW each.
jjagaimo@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
According to their website 12 turbines generating a total of 132MW => 11MW each
So not the largest available but then again that’s likely better for cost
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Still pretty amazing. Means each turbine alone will power around 11k homes.
JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Looks like about 2MW is average for on shore, so these are still massive! css.umich.edu/…/wind-energy-factsheet
iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net 1 year ago
whats the repercussions of this footprint wise? According to google a 2Mw turbine requires 0.006 km², so a 0.33Gwc of capacity per km². i wonder also how long does a windmill work per day, when averaged yearly …