I read an article this morning by Irina Slav that contains the same figures. The numbers don't make any sense to me. From a quick web search it looks like Texas has around 40 gigawatts of wind capacity and has been producing on the order of 100 terawatt hours per year from that capacity.
I read an article this morning by Irina Slav that contains the same figures. The numbers don't make any sense to me. From a quick web search it looks like Texas has around 40 gigawatts of wind capacity and has been producing on the order of 100 terawatt hours per year from that capacity.
You are correct that the Reuters data is incorrect. I will correct their graphics. Ed
I assume those month wind energy production totals were actually MW-h, not MW?
You are correct that the Reuters data is incorrect. I will correct their graphics. Ed
Yes it would help if the units of measure were used correctly. Work (energy) and
power are not the same. A weightlifter lifts 550 lbs one foot in one second producing
one horsepower. He can't do it 3600 times over the next hour for a horsepower-hour.
A Terawatt laser works for a few nanoseconds. It doesn't produce a Terawatt-hour.
When basic engineering and physics are muddled everything you say is suspect.
You are correct that the Reuters data is incorrect. I will correct their graphics. Ed