Specifications

Locations

Embodied energy (kJ/kWh)

Energy output (MWh/yr)

EPBT

yr

Environmental impact

(g CO2e/kWh)

Sources

2 MW geared

turbine

Germany

207.69

5980

1.15

17.35

Guezuraga et al. [9]

Denmark

242.61

5980

1.35

23.26

China

424.41

5980

2.36

38.33

E-40

turbine

(inland 65 m height)

P&O in Germany

730

881.972

-

7.7 × 10−5

Lenzen and Wachsmann [13]

P in Germany, O in Brazil

290

2420.131

-

2.6 × 10−5

P Germany & Brazil, O Brazil

220

2420.131

-

1.2 × 10−5

P&O in Brazil

190

2420.131

-

4 × 10−6

P&O in Brazil, recycled steel

140

2420.131

-

3 × 10−6