Power - Wind turbine - 50,000 kW

Template assignment

Base case

• Central grid connection

Proposed case

• 50,000 kW wind farm
• Capacity factor estimated at 30%
• Costs $2,000/kW for complete installation
• Electricity can be sold to grid for $0.10/kWh
• Annual costs are $3,500,000

Solution

The worked-out solution is the data file selected from within the RETScreen Project Database. The user automatically downloads the Project Database file while downloading the RETScreen software.