How many turbines does it take to make one megawatt (MW)?
Most manufacturers of utility-scale turbines offer machines in the 700-kW to 1.8-MW range. Ten 700-kW units would make a 7-MW wind plant, while 10 1.8-MW machines would make a 18-MW facility. In the future, machines of larger size will be available, although they will probably be installed offshore, where larger transportation and construction equipment can be used. Units larger than 4 MW in capacity are now under development.
