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The 24 wind turbines on Bow Beat have an installed capacity to produce 31.2*24*365= 273312 MWh (Megawatt hours or 1000 electrical units) each year but in fact produced only 74566MWh, or just over a quarter of this, in 2007. E.ON, the owners, say that this is sufficient energy to provide electricity for 18,000 homes based on a daily consumption per house of 13 KWh a day. This level of consumption would probably not include heating the house. If it assumed that the mean energy consumption for a person per day, including heating, travel and food is 120 KWh a day, the energy from the Bow beat is enough for only 1,700 people
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The 24 wind turbines on Bow Beat have an installed capacity to produce 31.2*24*365= 273312 MWh (Megawatt hours or 1000 electrical units) each year but in fact produced only 74566MWh, or just over a quarter of this, in 2007. E.ON, the owners, say that this is sufficient energy to provide electricity for 18,000 homes based on a daily consumption per house of 13 KWh a day. This level of consumption would probably not include heating the house. If it assumed that the mean energy consumption for a person per day, including heating, travel and food is 120 KWh a day, the energy from the Bow beat is enough for only 1,700 people
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