Order of magnitude of renewable systems
By Bruno De Wachter / Published on Mon, 2006-12-18 08:30Typical 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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