Wind Power Plants in Fiji

Fiji generates wind-powered energy from 1 wind power plants across the country. In total, these wind power plants has a capacity of 10.1 MW.

How many wind power plants are there?

There are currenly 5,278 utility-scale (commercial, greater than 1 MW) wind power plants in the world. With a total of 350,000+ wind turbines globally.

How much electricity is generated from wind power each year?

According to the latest data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), the global electricity generation from wind power was approximately 1,335 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2020. This represents an increase of 16% compared to 2019 and is equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of more than 130 million average households in the United States.

How many homes can an average wind turbine power?

Average house hold use of electricity varies widley from country to country and even regions within countries. So to answer the question more specifically we will use the average electricity of a home in the United States, which according to U.S. Energy Information Administration is 893 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per month. The mean capacity of wind turbines in commercial operation in 2020 was 2.75 megawatts (MW), oprating at 42% capacity factor and generating on average 843,000 kWh per month, enough to power 940 average homes in the United States with electricity.

Can wind turbines harm wildlife?

Noise pollution from wind turbines theoretically has the ability disturb animal communication. Visual stimuli such as reflections, shadows and lighting can also has an impact on wildlife. American Bird Conservancy estimates bird mortality from collisions with wind turbines to be between 140,000-679,089 each year, in the United States alone, based on three independent studies made in 2013-2014.

How many wind turbines are installed globally each year?

According to The Global Wind Energy Council, 22,893 wind turbines were installed globally in 2019. These turbine were produced by 33 suppliers and accounting for over 63 GW of wind power capacity. Since then, records has been set each year for total installed capacity, thus the number of installed wind turbines each year could potentially be at 25,000+.

What is the total global capacity of wind power?

According to GWEC, the total global wind power capacity is up to 837 GW, as of 2022.

What materials are used to make wind turbines?

What materials used to create a wind turbines depends on both the model and the make of the turbine. The most common a wind turbines are made of 66-79% steel of total turbine mass, 11-16% fiberglass, resin or plastic, 5-17% iron or cast iron of total mass, 1% copper; and 0-2% aluminum, accroding to National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Data Information

This data is a derivitive set of data gathered by source mentioned below.

Data Sources

Global Energy Observatory/Google/KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm/Enipedia/World Resources Institute/database.earth