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Re:U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change by jnsaff2 on Monday April 22, 2019 @09:48AM (#19718879)
UK is 242,495 km2

Also lots of wind parks are off shore where there’s less vegetation and hills to slow down wind.

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Re:U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change by Mirioron on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:17AM (#19727110)
>UK is 242,495 km2

And 2249 TWh / 8 GWh = 281,125

>Also lots of wind parks are off shore where there’s less vegetation and hills to slow down wind.

They're more expensive to construct and tear down after. They do generate more power, on average, but in these calculations with average it would only give you a ~20% advantage.

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