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    By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Mon, 2006-12-18 08:30
           

    Typical values and world records

    What are the typical electrical power output values of various renewable energy installations? The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) published a table of these values in their paper Environmental Effects of Electricity Generation (see paper page 49 table 11). The given values apply in the context of the UK. For your interest we added some world records to this table:

     

    		Typical peak electrical power output for the UK (MW) World record (MW)

    Solar (PV array)

     

    		0,01 to 0,09 -

    Solar (power station)

     

    		up to 1 10 (Pocking, Germany)

    Wave power

     

    		0.18 2,25 (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)

    Wind (single grid-connected turbine)

     

    		up to 3 5 (Burnsbüttel, Germany)
    Wind farm

     

    		10 735 (Horse Hollow, USA)
    Generator fuelled by landfill gas

     

    		up to 5 23 (Bandeirantes, Brazil)
    Hydro (small scale)

     

    		up to 5 -
    Hydro (large scale)

     

    		130 13320 (Itaipú, Brazil)
    Geothermal

     

    		30 1000 (The Geysers, USA)
    Burning of dry biomass materials

     

    		10 to 50 240 (Pietersaari, Finland)
    Tidal barrage

     

    		240 240 (La Rance, France)

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