Wind Turbine Power
How much electricity can a turbine produce? That depends on the size of the turbine, the wind speed, and many other factors. Since electricity is measured in watts, that is how the industry rates wind turbine power. They refer to wind power as capacity. Small turbine capacity ranges from 250 watts to 100 kilowatts. The largest turbines have a six-megawatt capacity!
Fuel for Thought
Watt is a unit of power used to measure electricity flow.
Kilowatt
one thousand watts
Megawatt
one million watts
Gigawatt
one billion watts