schizoidman to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 months agoChina installs world’s 1st 18 MW wind turbine, to power 36,000 homes/yrinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down14
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minus-squarecucumber_sandwich@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoOver a large range of sizes for many physical reasons larger turbines can be more efficient per space and per cost. For example there is less ground effects for larger turbines and the rotor area scales quadratically with hub height.
Over a large range of sizes for many physical reasons larger turbines can be more efficient per space and per cost. For example there is less ground effects for larger turbines and the rotor area scales quadratically with hub height.