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Need to be located near to the populatons they serve

Wind farms need to be located close to the populations that they server to enable the electriicty gnenerated to be distributed to the population.

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Need to be located near to the populatons they serve
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Global long term potential around 40 times current electricity demand
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Typical capacity factors are 20-40%
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