Re: Wind power stats for 2005

2006-02-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
John Coviello wrote: Interesting, but doesn't an average nuke plant put out about 1,000 MW? The ones in my part of the country put out 1,000 MW. I have adjusted the numbers in order to compare apples to apples. I believe the average US nuclear reactor is 980 MW nameplate. (I cannot find the

Re: Wind power stats for 2005

2006-02-02 Thread John Coviello
Jed, Interesting, but doesn't an average nuke plant put out about 1,000 MW? The ones in my part of the country put out 1,000 MW. John C. - Original Message - From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 2:29 PM Subject: Wind

Wind power stats for 2005

2006-02-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.awea.org/news/US_Wind_Industry_Ends_Most_Productive_Year_012406.html New installations: 2,500 MW (nameplate) Note by Jed: This is roughly as much actual capacity as one average US nuclear power plant Cumulative existing installed wind power: 9,149 MW (nameplate) (About 3.5 n