Saturday, August 18, 2012

THE WORLD'S LARGEST WIND TURBINE EVER


THE WORLD'S LARGEST WIND TURBINE EVER is now being built by Siemens: A Jumbo-Jet or even Air bus 380 could fly right between the upper two blades (if they were arrested in the Y-postion). At a wind speed of 10 m/s (19.4 knots), the turbine will be hit by 200 tons (181 metric tonnes) of air every second making the blade tips move at 290 km/h (180 mph).

Full article:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/31/longest-wind-turbine-rotor-blades

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