Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)

3rd Edition

ISBN: 9780134202709

Author: Richard Wolfson

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 15, Problem 67P

At a hearing on a proposed wind farm, a wind-energy advocate says an installation of 800 turbines, with blade diameter 95 m, could displace a 1-GW nuclear power plant. You’re asked if that’s really possible. How do you answer, given an average wind speed of 12 m/s and a turbine power output that averages 30% of the theoretical maximum?

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Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)

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