Wind power, one the cleanest forms of alternative energy, is great for the environment: it’s plentiful, renewable, uses no water and little land, and is on the rise globally. Wind farms, consisting of many individual wind turbines, are normally used in conjunction with other electricity sources or storage to provide consistent energy.
Wind power is playing an increasing part in the energy economy and innovation is coming to the size and style of wind turbines (the spinning blades you see that capture the wind to transform it into electricity). One of the more exciting developments in the wind sector is the unveiling of the world’s largest wind turbine. Once constructed, it will be one of the world’s largest manmade structures. For an idea of just how large it is, imagine this: it can cover the entire Coliseum in Rome.
The structure will have a diameter of almost 600 feet, with blades of almost 290 feet. Each one can power up to 10,000 homes, or roughly an entire town. Ten of these turbines could power a city. The blades, which will be the most advanced in the world, would each span the distance of 8 buses. Built by LM Wind Power, a Danish manufacturer, the turbines are being built for placement in offshore wind farms in locations such as the North Sea and potentially off the coast of the US.
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