Re:Introducing Amazon Wind Farm Texas
by tlb on Sunday September 18, 2016 @11:40AM
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hours/year (= 1/8765.76) is a strange factor by which to multiply a perfectly good SI unit (MW).
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Objectively it is strange, but it is the norm in that industry.
Re:Introducing Amazon Wind Farm Texas
by Reason077 on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @12:06PM
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The watt (and hence kW and MW) are measurements of power, not energy. kWh (and MWh) are common, internationally accepted units for measuring energy.
Wind (and solar) energy production tends to vary seasonally, so it makes sense to use a year rather than some other time unit when discussing how much energy these things can produce.