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The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On (www.iflscience.com)

submitted 1 year ago by haxe11@beehaw.org to c/environment@beehaw.org

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China has long been touted as a revolutionary when it comes to wind power. Earlier this year, it was reported that the country had begun construction of a wind farm using what were then hailed as the largest turbines ever seen, each with a capacity of 16 megawatts. Now, a new milestone has been reached, with the successful switch-on of a turbine with a rotor diameter over twice the length of a football field.

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[–] Sir_Osis_of_Liver@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

China Three Gorges Corporation announced that the 16-megawatt MySE 16-260 turbine had been successfully installed at the company’s offshore wind farm near Fujian Province on July 19. The behemoth is 152 meters (500 feet) tall, and each single blade is 123 meters (403 feet) and weighs 54 tons. This means that the sweep of the blades as they rotate covers an area of 50,000 square meters (nearly 540,000 square feet).

[–] admin@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

That is incredibly huge!

[–] haxe11@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I'm a big fan.