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- | === Error in National Geographic === | + | ==== Error in National Geographic ==== |
In November 2015 National Geographic: [[http:// | In November 2015 National Geographic: [[http:// | ||
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I will need to reference a skeptical page, but that is where you find greater numeracy [[http:// | I will need to reference a skeptical page, but that is where you find greater numeracy [[http:// | ||
- | * Tom Gray of the American Wind Energy Association has written, “My rule of thumb is 60 acres per megawatt for wind farms on land.” | + | |
- | * Remember that capacity is different from actual output. Typical average output is only 25% of capacity, so the area required for a megawatt of actual output is four times the area listed here for a megawatt of capacity | + | * Remember that capacity is different from actual output. Typical average output is only 25% of capacity, so the area required for a megawatt of actual output is four times the area listed here for a megawatt of capacity |
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- | Here is a presentation of my own research, which shows the difficulty of '' | + | Here is a presentation of my own research, which shows the difficulty of **producing** more than 1 W m<sup>-2</ |
- | [[ou-nju.pdf]] | + | {{ou-nju.pdf}} |
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