Coal used in a 3MW wind turbine
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:
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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?