Comment by tialaramex
3 hours ago
Different capacity factors. A capacity factor controls how much energy you can make using a generator with a certain nameplate power and those figures you quoted were nameplate power.
Multiply them together to make a crude estimate for energy. For a nuclear power plant 95% capacity is attainable, for a big solar farm 20% might be all you could hope for.
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