Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Device/plant
W
Working
men
Wind turbine for a small boat
400
5
Horse
525
6.6
Typical household PV solar plant
3,000
38
Portable diesel generator
3,000
38
Watt's first steam engine
4,400
55
Typical household stove
15,000
188
Typical industrial rooftop PV plant
200,000
2,500
Typical biogas power plant
1,000,000
12,500
Typical wind turbine
2,000,000
25,000
World's largest PV plant (Huanghe Golmud
Solar Park, China)
200,000,000
2,500,000
World's largest steam turbine
700,000,000
8,750,000
World's largest wind farm (Roscoe Wind
Farm, USA)
781,000,000
9,762,500
Geothermal power plant (Larderello, Italy)
810,000,000
10,125,000
Typical coal power plant
1,000,000,000
12,500,000
World's largest nuclear power plant
(Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, Japan)
8,200,000,000
102,500,000
World's largest power plant (Three Gorges
Dam, China)
20,300,000,000 253,750,000
