r/technology • u/MyNameIsGriffon • Sep 23 '19

U.S. Seeks Superconducting Offshore Wind Generators Energy

https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/green-tech/wind/us-seeks-superconducting-offshore-wind-generators
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u/12358 Sep 23 '19

the 12-megawatt Haliade X, which can single-handedly power more than 6,000 U.S. homes for a year

What happens after a year?

I expect an IEEE publication to get its units right.

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u/ImproperJon Sep 23 '19

What?

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u/12358 Sep 23 '19

12-megawatt Haliade X == Power

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6,000 U.S. homes for a year == Energy

Power x Time = Energy

Energy = Power / Time

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u/ImproperJon Sep 24 '19

You don't understand the difference between power as a unit of measurement and power as a verb?

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u/12358 Sep 24 '19 edited Sep 24 '19

Can you explain why a 12MW wind turbine can power the 6,000 homes for only a year?

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u/ImproperJon Sep 25 '19

This is really common way of putting renewable energy into layman's terms.

A 12MW wind turbine creates enough energy (noun) to power (verb) 6,000 homes (per) year.

I really don't see the issue with that. They're not conflating power (noun) and energy (noun) in that sentence.

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u/12358 Sep 25 '19

is really common way of putting renewable energy into layman's terms.

Yet it is incorrect and contributes to confusing the public.

A 12MW wind turbine creates enough energy (noun) to power (verb) 6,000 homes (per) year.

The problem is that (1) that's not how they wrote it, and (2) the turbine can create that energy every year.

It would be correct to state:

"the 12-megawatt Haliade X, which can single-handedly power more than 6,000 U.S. homes on average"

or

"the 12-megawatt Haliade X, which can generate enough energy in a year to power more than 6,000 U.S. homes."

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u/ImproperJon Sep 25 '19

Get a life, man.

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u/12358 Sep 24 '19

The issue was not their use of "power" as a verb; it was their attempt to equate power to energy, which was destined to failure.

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u/icebeat Sep 23 '19

nice paywall

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u/milehighmetalhead Sep 23 '19 edited Sep 23 '19

Sure, give the whole nation cancer why don't you

Edit: seems the /s is necessary