How many wind turbines does it take to make 1 GW?
1 GW is more power than 71 Haliade-X offshore wind turbines running at full speed.
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How we calculated it
1,000,000 kW ÷ 14,000 kW per Haliade-X offshore wind turbine = 71.43
Based on: GE's Haliade-X, one of the world's biggest offshore wind turbines, is rated at up to 14 MW. Figures are rounded; treat the result as a sense of scale, not an exact count.
Other ways to picture it
- 1 GW is more power than 5 Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full speed.