How many wind mill generators would it take to power a city of 1000 people?

Question

how many homes can you power with a large wind turbine generator.

Answer 1

A large one is 6 MW.

Average home uses 1kW, so you can power 6000 homes.

BUT only if the wind is blowing all the time.

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Answer 2

Based on the amount of households which divides the 1000 people and the amount of energy used by local businesses, you could theoretically power the city with 1 turbine.

Another issue is that wind turbines come in all different sizes, from in the order of watts and up to 5 MWs.

Todays wind farms, speaking from experience in West Texas, use turbines from 1 MW to 2.3 MWs. With this size of turbine, depending on the cooperation of the wind, can power anywhere from 300 to 600 houses.

The only issue with wind power is that there is no way to contain the energy for later use, besides small batteries, which would be unrealistic. Because of this, you could create enough power from 1 to 2 wind turbines to run the city but you could no be self sufficient and detatched from the grid.

Answer 3

Rock Port Missouri has 4 turbines and about 1400 people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Port,_...

http://www.rockportwind.com/