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I lifted this from EnergyVoice.
Can you imagine what the world world look like from space with the number of turbines needed to generate the power needed just to fire up these top 5 cities let alone every other city on the planet, let alone major industries outside cities.
Can you imagine how many solar panels and acres of land you would need to do the same. Can you visualise it?
Traditional fossil fuels that are operated more efficiently are here to stay. One day in the distant future science will offer a better solution to the worlds power needs. Solar and wind will not cut it.


So let’s take a look at how many wind turbines would be needed to power the world’s major cities:

The top 5 places that need the most wind turbines to power their major city:

1. Tokyo, Japan needs 10,310 offshore wind turbines
2. New York City, USA needs 3,687 offshore wind turbines
3. Seoul, South Korea needs 3,644 offshore wind turbines
4. Shanghai, China needs 3,304 offshore wind turbines
5. Los Angeles, USA needs 1,818 offshore wind turbines

The top 5 cities with the biggest offshore areas (km2) of wind turbines needed to power them:

1. Tokyo, Japan would need 10,620 km2 of space to power the city with wind turbines
2. New York City, USA would need 3,797 km2 of space to power the city with wind turbines
3. Seoul, South Korea would need 3,752 km2 of space to power the city with wind turbines
4. Shanghai, China would need 3,402 km2 of space to power the city with wind turbines
5. Los Angeles, USA would need 1,872 km2 of space to power the city with wind turbines

It seems that Asia is the continent that is most hungry for a renewable energy source, as Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai all come within the top 5 major cities that take the most space (km2) up of offshore wind farms. But what about the cities that don’t need alot to power them?