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An almost unflushable 20MW floating wind turbine - absolutely gigantic!

https://renews.biz/98214/crrc-installs- ... d-turbine/

Thought this was a toilet disaster thread for a minute!

My work is done here

dan_b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:23 am My work is done here

I don't know what's more worrying.... You posting it or me clicking on it thinking it was a toilet disaster!

Richard77 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:43 am

dan_b wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 9:23 am My work is done here

I don't know what's more worrying.... You posting it or me clicking on it thinking it was a toilet disaster!

Gave me a good chuckle too. Thanks.

Just reading the sentence "Qihang has a wind turbine diameter of 260 metres, equivalent to seven standard football pitches, and a blade tip speed of 151 metres."
That is some beast and I wonder if the unfinished tip speed is metres/sec?

I was struck by the comment that each revolution is enough power to run a house for 2 to 4 days - WOW!

Moxi

Adokforme wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:18 am
Just reading the sentence "Qihang has a wind turbine diameter of 260 metres, equivalent to seven standard football pitches, and a blade tip speed of 151 metres."
That is some beast and I wonder if the unfinished tip speed is metres/sec?

Probably. General range of tip speed is 80-100m/s. Generally restrained because of noise, so possible to go higher offshore.