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2 days ago
> Assuming these turbines are always at nameplate production, which they are not, they produce 6MW. Spread among 7k homes, that’s less than 1kW, which is not a lot.
In many countries, 1kW is more than enough to cover electricity usage in a household. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... says “Electricity consumption per capita in the household sector in the EU in 2022 was 1.6 MWh per capita (1 584 kWh)”.
That’s about 4.3kWh/day or 180W. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php... says there were 202 million households in the EU in 2024, on a population of about 450 million, or 450/202 ≈ 2.2 persons/household.
So, on average, a household in the EU uses less than 500W of electricity.
The issue pointed out is that you're comparing average power use to maximum theoretical production. These houses are going to peak way above 500W.
If you want to compare power use of a household averaged on a year to yearly production of these turbines:
- 1.6MWh * 2.2 people per house = 3.5MWh/household
- 10GWh produced in 2023 / 3.5MWh = ~2860 households supported.