Turns out plopping moving electrical devices down in the salt water and hurricanes costs a lot of money.
Turns out plopping moving electrical devices down in the salt water and hurricanes costs a lot of money.
That's not that bad. How many cities can each turbine power?
That's not that bad. How many cities can each turbine power?
That's not that bad. How many cities can each turbine power?
The US Population is about 323 million, and we consume about 3,900 TWh/year across all sectors - so the per-capita demand for a US citizen and all the support she requires to live, is about 12 MWh/year. For our city of 100,000, therefore, we'll need about 1.2 TWh/year of clean energy. Source: https://gist.github.com/Fordi/6e1fbab65d2023ef63639c6e2532dfc8
It is reckoned that an average onshore wind turbine rated at 2.5 – 3 megawatts can produce in excess of 6 million kWh every year. A 3.6 MW offshore turbine may double that. Source: https://www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/clean-energy-101/how-much-energy-does-wind-turbine-produce#:~:text=It%20is%20reckoned%20that%20an,offshore%20turbine%20may%20double%20that.
Approximately 0.000005 cities.
>That's not that bad. How many cities can each turbine power?
The US Population is about 323 million, and we consume about 3,900 TWh/year across all sectors - so the per-capita demand for a US citizen and all the support she requires to live, is about 12 MWh/year. For our city of 100,000, therefore, we'll need about 1.2 TWh/year of clean energy. Source: https://gist.github.com/Fordi/6e1fbab65d2023ef63639c6e2532dfc8
It is reckoned that an average onshore wind turbine rated at 2.5 – 3 megawatts can produce in excess of 6 million kWh every year. A 3.6 MW offshore turbine may double that. Source: https://www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/clean-energy-101/how-much-energy-does-wind-turbine-produce#:~:text=It%20is%20reckoned%20that%20an,offshore%20turbine%20may%20double%20that.
Approximately 0.000005 cities.
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