Growth of Wind Power
Posted by Max Dunn Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:07:00 GMT
Many people are dismissing wind power as irrelevant in solving our energy problem since wind power has been in production for a long time but the total output is still relatively small. However, it is useful to compare the ramp-up of wind power to nuclear power:
It is interesting how closely these two growth curves align! In the US today, nuclear provides about 20% of our electricity so it is not unreasonable to assume that wind power can be ramped up to eventually provide the same percentage of power.
(References: The Oil Drum – Making the case for wind, again and Pure Power – Wind Energy Scenarios up to 2030)