Coal used in a 3MW wind turbine

World Coal Association | January 10, 2012 | 2:54 pm Energy Europe Coal 

Using publicly available figures from Vestas, a large manufacturer of wind turbines, WCA has calculated the amount of coal used in the production of offshore and onshore wind turbines as demonstrated by our new infographic below:

WCA_infographic_turbine FINAL

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4 Comments

  • Nigel Parry

    ‘WCA has calculated’
    So where are the calculations exactly?

  • DJR96

    Ah ha. And how many tonnes of coal are required to generate as much energy as these wind turbines generate over their lifetime?

    Pretty meaningless without that to compare with…..

  • P2s

    How pointless!

  • Mikenwafor

    This graphic does not communicate. Can someone help me out?

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