Jouni Valkonen <[email protected]> wrote:
> I calculated for german capacity factor 19 % from 2011 data. There was on > average 28 GW wind power installed during the year and total output was 46 > 500 GWh. Therefore I would assume that your sources used misleading data. > Your assumption is incorrect. The data I used is for the U.S. Our on-shore wind is stronger and steadier than Germany. The 19% capacity factor for Germany has been published elsewhere, but it does not apply to the U.S., the U.K. or to offshore wind. U.S. prime wind locations such as N. and S. Dakota are the best in the world (on-shore). N. and S. Dakota could supply all of the electricity in North America from wind, if there was a way to transmit and store it. - Jed
