Distributed Wind Power Scales, Too
| Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Jan 28, 2011 The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://ilsr.org/distributed-wind-power-scales-too/Last week we noted how distributed (solar PV) generation scales, highlighting the 3,000 megawatts of solar PV that Germany installed in 2009, over 80% on rooftops.
Distributed wind power scales, as well.
Of Germany’s 27,000 megawatts of wind power projects (3rd most in the world and most per capita), nearly 90% are smaller than 20 megawatts, with most between 1 and 5 megawatts.
The small projects are also a significant portion of total capacity, with 20 MW and under wind projects contributing half of total wind power capacity.
