[LMagic007]

Originally Posted by Besoeker

I'm afraid it is quite so.
"they expect to produce more power" is incorrect.
As I said, if they had the capability of producing more power than they require, a grid connection wouldn't be needed.
They expect to produce more electrical energy.
It is an important and fundamental distinction evidently not well understood by many, including the jurno who wrote the article cited in post #1.

Power is an instantaneous measure.

Fundamentally speaking, a unit of power (Watt) is equivalent to a unit of energy (Joule) over a unit of time (Second)

Energy can also be instantaneous. Energy from wind before it's even converted to power, can be instantaneous. Actually, it's a distinction largely of less significance, because power applied over a period of time is energy. More power means more units of power. With regard to electricity, when one speaks about power in the context of time one arrives at another way of describing it called energy, which is equivalent to ( power x time). That is implicit and it equals the same value in the end. But to further prove this point, 1 watt is a unit of power, but it is also equal to a unit of energy known as 1 joule over time of 1 second.

They equal the same thing. A single unit of power is fundamentally seen as a single unit of energy over time, being 1 second. 1 watt = 1 joule over 1 second. They are the same thing, except one is described in the context of over a period of time and the other is described in the context of the embodiment of time. Speaking about sufficient power over a year and kWh over the same year, implies this embodiment of time.

However when describing ( X amount of power ) over a period of ( Y amount of time ) which over the year equals ( Z amount of energy) when this is evaluated, the single units of power over time, add up to and thus equal the single units of energy over time.

Rock Port expects to produce sufficient power over the year being sufficient units or joules of energy or kWhs of energy over the year, which equate to the same total units of energy in terms of joules, but described in kWh being an encapsulation of the time period. Simply speaking 1000 watts over 1 hour = 1 kWh = 3,600,000 joules of 3.6 MJ. Thus when the articles speak about power over time, they are implying units of power over time that equal units of energy.

Rock Port talks about its power expectation in terms of turbine power capacity and talks about being able to meet its annual power requirements and therefore its implied units of power over time being units of energy over time, being the equivalent joules over time equaling the described expected kWh over time. That is the real distinction, but at the end of the day, it's all the same as proven. It's power and its energy all over time. The articles intended meaning is clear.