Comments on: 141 GW of European Offshore Wind Under Way

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:58:00 +0000

Coming in late, but love the discussion. It ain´t just the wind, friends. Closely observe Germany´s build out of waste incineration plants coupled with long distance-heat-hot water systems. Watch its sewage sludge bio gas generation system. Agrarian bio-gas is just getting started- and will be producing 44 GW by the end of 2025.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:57:00 +0000

Google says that Vicki says –

In Germany, a large number of jobs in the clean energy sector.The government has been actively involved in this process.

By: Vicki Stuart

Vicki Stuart — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:48:00 +0000

In Deutschland eine große Anzahl von Arbeitsplätzen im Bereich saubere Energie. Die Regierung hat sich aktiv an diesem Prozess beteiligt.
http://www.ewea.com/green-jobs-in-germany/

By: anne

anne — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:08:00 +0000

josetony,

130 million is waaaay too much indeed. 4 GW of offshore wind will produce about 14 TWh annually. The average european household consumes about 3500 kWh per year. Divide the two and the result is 4 million homes.

Btw I find the ‘homes’ metric a bit misleading as household consumption is only about a quarter of total electricity consumption. We also need to power our factories and offices and trains and trams and street lights etc.

So if you assign a proportionate part of this ‘other’ consumption to each household, the 4 GW of offshore wind is enough to power 1 million households.

By: josetony

josetony — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:08:00 +0000

I think there is a mistake on the report about the number of houses powered by the offshore wind. It says 130 million homes are powered by 4,000 megawatts of offshore wind. It will come out to 32,500 houses per megawatt which is way too high. A megawatt of power is good for 500-600 houses in the US. I know that houses in Europe use less electricity. I assume that maybe you put an extra zero by mistake and the reality could be 13 million homes that will translate to 3,250 homes per megawatt. This I think is more realistic.

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