How many kWh will a 23MW generator make in 1 year

[CherryB]

TL;DR

How many Tesla miles can be driven per year using a 23MW generator?

If a power plant generates at 23MW, how many kWh will be generated in 1 year? And how many miles could you drive Tesla cars, at highway speeds (70mph), in one year?

Thanks

 

[BvU]

Simple multiplication and division:

1 MW = 1000 kW = 1000 kWh/h = 1000 kWh/year * hours/year = 24 * 365.25 * 1000 kWh/year

But I see you have already done that:

Would that work for generation as well? If a generator puts out 1MegaWatt then it would follow that
1MW x 24 hours/day x 365 days/year=8,760 MWh or 8,760,000 kWH? Thank you

Divide by energy consumption , e.g. 0.35 kWh / mile to get miles/year

 

[CherryB]

Thank you for helping me through this. I get 3,066,000 miles per year.

 

[berkeman]

Thank you for helping me through this. I get 3,066,000 miles per year.

Is this a question for schoolwork?

 

[BvU]

I get 3,066,000 miles per year.

How ?

 

[CherryB]

I multiplied 8,760,000 kWH by 0.3, but now I think I probably did the inverse instead. I'm in a design group, and the challenge is to imagine a non-fossil fuel way of making electricity, and I'm trying to figure out how many power plants of this size can power the US. I found out that in 2019 total production was 4.13 billion kWh, and one of the plant sizes is 23MW.

 

[berkeman]

Is this a question for schoolwork?

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