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The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On
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this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
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These types of statements always trip me up. Why one year? If it's producing that amount of energy in that same year, shouldn't it just be "...power 36,000 households of three people."?
Because using a yearly average is useful to account for fluctuations in power generation due to the change of the seasons. It might produce 50% of its power in 3 months if the fall usually is particularly windy in that part of the world.
Then how about “every year”, or “produces an annual average equivalent to”