this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
13 points (100.0% liked)

Technology

942 readers
48 users here now

A tech news sub for communists

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
13
China unveils kit to test 35MW wind turbines. News comes just days after 26MW machine was rolled out by another Chinese OEM as supersizing of wind turbines shows no sign of abating. (www.rechargenews.com)
submitted 8 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
top 3 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Is there any benefit to supersizing wind turbines? Is it more cost effective, or is the main benefit the reduced land use?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago

The power produced by wind turbines is directly proportional to the area swept out by the turbines (and thus their lengths)