> JD> Another...  If one buys a 10KW wind generator, assume the
> JD> impossible, 100% efficiency, is this equivalent to 300KWH per
> JD> month? (10K X 30 days.) If not, what is the monthly output?
 
> 10kW is the _maximum_ output. That means if the wind speed is at the
> max rated value, it will put out 10 kW (watts are an instantaneous
> measurement of the RATE of power use). If it ran at the speed for an
> hour it would put out 10 kWh. If it ran at that speed for 30 _hours_
> it would put out 300 kWh.
 
That is what I need. Nowhere does it say that the 10KW is *per hour*.
 
> The "monthly output" depends entirely upon your wind speeds. Get
> some average wind speed data, look at the machine's power curves and
> you could make a seat-of-the-pants guess at the monthly output.
 
Of course, but if one does not know how much the damn machine is capable of 
producing in a *given amount of time*, the graphs and curves are valueless. 

James
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