Shell has more than a decade of experience in wind energy, and owns interest in 10 operating wind projects: eight in North America and two in Europe (Shell share of total capacity is approximately 50%). The projects’ generating capacity totals about 1,000 megawatts – enough electricity to meet the annual requirements of approximately 300,000 homes. Generating that amount of electricity with conventional power plants could have emitted about 3 million tons of CO2. Most of this energy comes from around 720 turbines at eight joint venture wind projects in the USA.
Installed wind capacity MW, Shell share
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Shell’s Rock River Wind Farm in Carbon County, Wyoming, has a capacity
of 50 megawatts – enough to power approximately 25,000 households.
of 50 megawatts – enough to power approximately 25,000 households.