How many houses does one wind turbine supply energy for?

Answer 1

Depending on where you put your turbine, it has an impact on power produced. the middle of the USA gets an average of 14-18 mph which gets you 60-70 kWh a month at the best. the east and west coasts produce 5-10 mph which gets you 5-28 kWh a month at the best.

Answer 2

A typical wind system is rated at 1.5 Mwh systems (such as the G.E. and Vestas systems widely used today) These are rated for 28 mph winds. Averages are closer to a 14 to 15 mph average wind. That gives us an actual output of 150 Khw of power. 150Kwh of hourly power still gives us 3.6 Mwh of daily power or 1314 Mwh of power annually (assuming 100% uptime)

The average home consumes 3 kwh of power hourly or 72 Khw of power daily. This means, in real terms that an average wind generator can power roughly 50 average American homes. The past two years have seen major reductions in home power consumption. Hopefully that trend will continue.

Answer 3

That depends on how big the fan is (they come in different sizes) and how strong the wind is usually where it is sited. That depends on how big the fan is (they come in different sizes) and how strong the wind is usually where it is sited.

Answer 4

Watts measure power, which is how fast energy is produced or consumed. There are many wind turbines around that are rated at 3 Megawatts, or 3 million watts. Obviously when there is no wind they don't produce power and an alternative energy source is needed as a backup.

3 Megawatts is enough to feed 1000 houses in Europe.

Answer 5

First you must consider the power rating of the wind turbine. If we assume a nominal rating of 1MW then we must calculate the energy it would produce in a year. The capacity factor for wind power is 30%, this is a factor which takes into account that wind doesn't blow all the time (obtained as the ratio of actual energy produced by a wind turbine to the hypothetical energy it should produce if it produced constantly at its rated power throughout the year).

Therefore the energy would be = 1000 kW * 24 (hours a day) * 365 (days a year) * 0.3 (Capacity factor) = 2628000 kWh (per annum)

If we assume that an average household uses 7000 kWh of energy a year then this particular turbine will power = 2628000/7000 = 375.4 homes.

(Turbine rating, capacity factor and average household energy consumption may all vary and have been selected for the purpose of this example)

Answer 6

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