The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On::It’s turbo time.
just one of these turbines should be able to produce enough electricity to power 36,000 households of three people each for one year.
per year? per lifetime? per second?
I took it to mean that in 1 year it will produce the equivalent amount that 36k 3-person homes would use during that same year.
Article is inaccurate:
The behemoth is 152 meters (500 feet) tall, and each single blade is 123 meters (403 feet)
This is impossible, the total height cannot be lower than twice the length of the blades.
I found a better article: https://electrek.co/2023/07/19/16-mw-offshore-wind-turbine/
has a rotor of 260 meters (853 feet)
So it must be more than 260 meters high. Maybe 152 meters is the height of the tower? Generally the height of a turbine is measured as the high point of the wing tips. Which is what for instance air traffic must observe.
It is the tower that is 499 feet tall. https://www.sciencealert.com/the-largest-and-most-powerful-wind-turbine-ever-built-is-now-operational
Yes I figured as much, and added it to my comment.
It’s an impressive turbine, but whether it succeeds commercially remains to be seen.
It beats the Vestas 15 MW turbine, which has been tested for 3 years, and goes into production next year.
PS. The Vestas turbine is 280 meters high.
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It’s turbo time
You’re not part of the turbo team!
Has this ever happened to you!?
Won’t somebody please think of the Albatross?!
