Wind Power Generation Capacity Factor

World wind generation capacity more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2006 doubling about every 3 years.

Wind power generation capacity factor.

On average wind farms in south east australia operate at a capacity factor of around 30 35. In 2015 wind power constituted 15 6 of all installed power generation capacity in the european union and it generated around 11 4 of its power. Alternatively you may view the actual output in megawatts. The default capacity factor graph shows the output as a percentage of registered capacity.

Energy information administration form eia 923 power plant operations report. Capacity factors are a comparison of net generation with available capacity. Nuclear power plants had a 9 share of the total u s. Capacity factor measures the overall utilization of a power generation facility or fleet of generators.

For example our ls double helix 1 5 vertical axis wind turbine produces 1 5 kw electrical power at the nominal wind speed of 15 m s. If it produces power at an average of two megawatts then its capacity factor is 40 2 5 0 40 i e. Different wind farms may be included or excluded from the graphs by toggling the check boxes. See the technical note for an explanation of how capacity factors are calculated.

For maintenance or refueling then they are not actually generating power. In 2010 its annual generation was 31 200 000 mwh leading to a capacity factor of. Energy information administration form eia 860 annual electric generator report and. 9 on land capacity factors range from 0 26 to 0 52.

Maintenance and refueling the largest nuclear plant in the us palo verde nuclear generating station has between its three reactors a nameplate capacity of 3 942 mw. Capacity factor is the ratio between what a generation unit is capable of generating at maximum output versus the unit s actual generation output over a period of time. For example if xyz power plant has a nameplate capacity of 500 megawatts it means the plant is capable of producing 500 megawatts operating at continuous full power. The capacity factor is the average power generated divided by the rated peak power.

11 the average 2018 capacity factor for projects built between 2014 and 2017 was 41 9. Capacity factor is the annual generation of a power plant or fleet of generators divided by the product of the capacity and the number of hours over a given period. In the u s the fleetwide average capacity factor was 35. Generation capacity in 2019 but actually produced 20 of the country s electricity due to.

The capacity factor of a wind turbine is its average power output divided by its maximum power capability. Jorge morales pedraza in conventional energy in north america 2019. Nuclear power plants are at the high end of the range of capacity factors ideally reduced only by the availability factor i e.