Question

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H) Because of acid rain the 1990 amendment to the Clean Air Act required that by 2001 there be a 75% reduction in emissions of ...................

i) The nominal capacity factor for wind power is ................% and for solar power is ...............%

Answer 1

H) according to the amendment in the act it is to  reduce the SO2 emissions 75% from 1997 levels by January 2005

i) The Danish offshore wind farm Horns Rev 2, the world's largest at its inauguration in 2009, has a nameplate capacity of 209.3 MW. As of January 2017 it has produced 6416 GWh since its commissioning 7.3 years ago, such that an average annual production of 875 GWh/year and a capacity factor of 47.7 %.

Agua Caliente Solar Project, located in Arizona near the 33rd parallel and awarded for its excellence in renewable energy has a nameplate capacity of 290 MW and an actual average annual production of 740 GWh/year. Its capacity factor is 29.1 %