Meet WindRunner: The Massive Plane That Transports Wind Turbine Blades
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The world's largest airplane will transport massive wind-turbine blades to onshore farms in an attempt to reshape the future of wind energy logistics.

"Having fewer total turbines means a wind farm could space them farther apart, avoiding airflow interference. The turbines would be nearly twice as tall, so they’ll reach a higher, gustier part of the atmosphere. And big turbines don’t need to spin as quickly, so they would make economic sense in places with average wind speeds around 5 meters per second… "

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    Also, the inventor of Harmony Turbines covers one of the big drawbacks of conventional turbines. Conventional ones use brakes in strong storms to slow down, which can and will overheat and cause them to burn up and even explode.

    Harmony Turbines however aren’t meant to completely stop at all, I think you misunderstood how the furling mechanism is arranged. It’s meant to keep a regular consistent RPM.

    If the winds are low, it opens all the way up. If the RPM starts to exceed a certain limit, it starts to furl in until it reaches a stable RPM again.

    Assuming they’re built structurally sound enough, Harmony Turbines could indeed keep functioning right through a category 5+ hurricane, assuming a tree doesn’t get blown into it or whatever, but basically everything is prone to storm debris anyways.

    Regardless, like I said, consider the strength in numbers vs the absurdity of building planes as big as a football field…