Wind and Nuclear reality check

    1      Nuclear Power Plant         generates      12.3 million Megawatt-hrs/year
2708   Wind Turbines (1.8mw)       generate     12.3 million Megawatt-hrs/year
975   Wind Turbines (4mw)     generate            12.3 million Megawatt-hrs/year



    ( calculation based on a 28.8% capacity factor on a typical 1.8MW wind turbine   /   new 4mw offshore turbines with optimistic 36% capacity  factor   /   average U.S. nuclear output 2009 - US Dept. of Energy stats.)