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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

5,000 sq. km 400 new turbines

Okay cbc, how do those numbers add up?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

One turbine for every 12.5km²? Seems like a pretty reasonable spread accounting for space in between and geographical features they may have to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Is that normal now? The ones pictured in the article and all of those I've personally seen are more closely spaced. But guess they've been getting bigger over time and it would be on-brand for Hydro Québec to go for extra large ones with a few kilometers between them.

... just looking at numbers from around the web it seems like even the largest turbines around don't normally require that much area. 5000km² seems like roughly an order of magnitude more space than might be expected. I imagine it's probably the total area of the region they'll be built somewhere inside of.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I think you are right in that idea. Realistically they will be clumped in high wind areas within that 5000km².

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