The wind farm produced 158 megawatts, which seems a lot, but back in the 1980s I worked on the control systems for a coal fired power station. That station had four separate generators, each producing 500 MW, and was just one of many around the country.  The engineering was so huge each generator had four inlet/outlet fans, and each fan used more than a megawatt! <br><br>The wind farm is impressive, but we've a huge way to go.,(reply>), @*****<br>The problem would stop getting worse for a little while, but a source of essentially unlimited free energy would be like unlimited free cocaine to a junkie. It's not going to end well. In this case we would quickly heat the planet directly with the enormous amounts of waste heat from generation, and the end state of all energy use. The earth must live within its energy budget, so in the end, we can only use sources that were going to end up as heat anyway, such as wind and solar.,(reply>), +Melinda Green<br><br>The biggest driver of global warming is the generation of CO and other greenhouse gases, most of which comes from energy production. If we were ever to have fusion power (which I don't think we ever will) together with a good battery storage system, then we could stop producing ever more CO and the problem would at least stop getting worse.,(reply>), +Melinda Green +miming master<br><br>When I was 10, it was predicted that fusion power was 30 years away.  When I was 20, it was confidently that fusion power was 30 years away.  When I was 30, it was predicted that fusion power was 30 years away.  When I was 40, it was predicted that fusion power was 30 years away.  When I was 50, it was predicted that fusion power was 30 years away.  <br><br>I'm 62 now and still waiting.,(reply>), @miming master<br>Cheap fusion would be the worst possible development because we'd go nuts with energy use and kick global warming into overdrive.,(reply>), All power plants need to be sized and sited properly. Bigger does not mean better.