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For comparison, there are plans to build individual 16MW wind turbines: https://newatlas.com/energy/worlds-biggest-wind-turbine-ming...

Though its average throughput is likely to be 10MW due to the non-optimal wind.

Typical onshore wind turbines are ~1.5MW

https://en.wind-turbine-models.com/turbines/565-ge-general-e...

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Yeah, 16MW seems pretty small for a Geo plant. 45MW is a fairly small one in Iceland.

Well, Iceland is... ironically, always of "fire" though. Geothermally speaking.

Do you have a source for the average capacity factor for a wind turbine or wind farm being 62.5%?

I could find this but it's from 2019:

> New offshore wind projects have capacity factors of 40%-50%, as larger turbines and other technology improvements are helping to make the most of available wind resources. https://www.iea.org/reports/offshore-wind-outlook-2019

Below, a diagram shows current numbers as approximately 30%-55% for offshore and 25%-45% for onshore wind.

Thanks! I thought 10MW average off a 16 MW turbine seemed optimistic.

The article says "Every year, each one is expected to generate 80 GWh of electricity.", which is actually only 9.1MW or 57%.

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