...7-megawatt offshore wind turbine [a medium sized power station generates 1GW, or 142 times that]. The turbine, dubbed the V164, will have three 80-metre-long blades, and will reach a tip height of 187 metres..."The energy needed to produce the turbines themselves will be paid back in around 10 months," he says. [and what do people other than the designer/salesman say?]
US company Clipper, based in California, is developing a 10 MW turbine, the Britannia, while a consortium of European researchers has been investigating similar-sized devices.
One Per Cent: Green Machine: Giant wind turbines to catch a breeze
US company Clipper, based in California, is developing a 10 MW turbine, the Britannia, while a consortium of European researchers has been investigating similar-sized devices.
One Per Cent: Green Machine: Giant wind turbines to catch a breeze
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