GeneralElectricのインスタグラム(generalelectric) - 4月23日 01時38分

In honor of #EarthDay, we present to you the largest wind turbine blade ever produced.

Seen here in the @LMWindPower factory in Cherbourg, France, the 107 meter-long blade will eventually affix to the Haliade-X 12MW offshore wind turbine—the largest and most powerful in the world. Just one Haliade-X is capable of powering the equivalent of 16,000 European homes.

What’s next? Putting the blade through rigorous testing to demonstrate its ability to withstand more than 20 years of spinning offshore.

After that, well, we need to find a truck big enough to ship it.

#renewables #windpower #EarthDay2019 #windturbine #engineering #greenenergy

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jakeymakes @tumblurnt I’m not sure. I’m not sure anyone has a definite number because the large areas to mine radioactive material is in Canada and Russia. And it’s like OPEC they can tell the world how much they have without proof. But regardless. We will never mine out or produce energy at the same rate. And it will exponentially decrease not increase as time goes on. And even if tech improves it’s still a limited supply and we will run out. So we might as well research and put our energy into energy generation that is endless so it can be more efficent for the near in the future generations

tumblurnt @jakeymakes okay, and how many years can we last based on what we already have in addition to what we can still mine, not adjusting for down-the-line innovative methods that would consume less material. I havent looked, but id reason that with the exponential rate of knowledge and technology expansion the human race is currently capable of, its long enough to last until we find new ways that will make fossil fuels, nuclear power plants(in our general sense), and the like look like first generation steam engines

jakeymakes @robjpthing it’s actually the smallest amount of carbon output per kilowatt than any other form of energy generation for onshore wind farms with offshore coming second. I think coal is dead last at like 560 g while onshore is around 9 g of CO2 I think.

jakeymakes @tumblurnt we’ve already passed the Hubert’s peak of nuclear fuel. We will never mine as much nuclear fuel as we have in the past and are running out. Same issue with fossil fuels. Nuclear is green but it’s not sustainable.

robjpthing @jakeymakes I’m talking about the amount of carbon produced in the manufacturing process of one of these blades. Up to and including getting them shipped to their destination and installation.

jakeymakes @bobby_irving740 not true. These things are meant to last for several decades and are always put in areas that receive ample wind energy.

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