How many wind turbines to replace a nuclear reactor ?

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How many wind turbines to replace a nuclear reactor ?
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1. One nuclear reactor having a nominal power of 800MW generate an annual amount of 514k toe (1k =1000) of electricity. 1 point
Video: Energy units What is the correct capacity factor of this power unit ?
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Quiz: How many wind

turbines to replace a
nuclear reactor ?
5 questions 2. The above capacity factor is mainly due to 1 point

Atmospheric dynamics

the amount of primary energy

the maintenance of the reactor

the variability of the resource

the variability of the demand

3. We consider an offshore wind farm of 150 turbines of 6MW of nominal power each. The annual capacity factor of this 1 point
large wind farm is around 35%. The annual amount of electric energy produced will be around:

238k toe

190k toe

127k toe

582k toe

625k toe

305k toe

4. How many offshore wind turbines of 6MW (same capacity factor as Q3) will be needed to produce the same amount of 1 point
annual energy as a nuclear reactor of 800MW having a capacity factor of 78%

297

134

182

203

312

245

5. We consider the above offshore wind farm of 150 turbines of 6MW of nominal power each. The annual capacity factor is 1 point
around 35%. The typical seasonal variability of the energy production for this wind farm is given by the following graph:

This graph gives, in percentage, a relative value of the energy produced each month. The monthly mean energy (the
annual energy /12) correspond to 100.

Find which statements are true.

The maximal power output of the wind farm is 315MW

The maximal power output of the wind farm is 630MW

The maximal power output of the wind farm is 900MW

The maximal power output of the wind farm is 1340MW

The maximal monthly production is around 230GWh in december

The maximal monthly production is around 340 GWh in december

The maximal monthly production is around 530 GWh in december

The maximal monthly production is around 650 GWh in december

The monthly production in december exceed the production of one nuclear reactor of 800MW (78% capacity factor)

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