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Distance between turbines is usually 7 rotor diameters, i.e. less than a kilometer. So in that case that would give you 8MW nominal per sq.km, or close to 4MW real per sq. km.

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Jul 15th, 2007 at 03:40:17 PM EST
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The power depends only on the wind speed, given that the 7 diam rule is respected as the size of the turbine increases.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Jul 15th, 2007 at 03:44:06 PM EST
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