I presume that means 1.3 million MW nameplate capacity, or 415,000 MW real. That comes to 3,842 NPRE . . .
I meant that if you crank these numbers, you get a world total electric power demand equaling ~3,842 NPRE, and they are hoping to have wind supply 12% of this total. Actually, that comes to 461 NPRE, which is almost the same as present world nuclear power. In other words, by 2020 the AWEA is hoping to catch up with the nuclear power industry. I estimated it would take a generation, and they are hoping for 15 years.
It seems like a realistic goal. It would greatly reduce coal emissions.
This also implies that with next-gen nuclear fission or hot fusion, the world might end up with only ~3,800 reactors. That isn't many, is it? I guess it would be better to make smaller ones to reduce the size of the grid.
- Jed
