Reply #19: The capacity factor of early fission reactors was about 50%.

[kristopher]

Resource analysis is accomplished using decades worth of wind data recorded at 6 minute intervals and at least one year of fully recorded instantaneous data.

That data is analyzed in this format:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibull_distribution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power#Distribution_of_wind_speed

The operational reliability of turbines is extremely high. We are on a learning curve with offshore, but there are no indications of any major engineering challenges that would preclude achieving the known potential of the resource.