turbines
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The World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Has Blades Bigger Than A 747-Wing
When complete, the Vestas V164 is slated to be the world’s largest and most powerful wind turbine on the planet. Standing 135 metres tall, with a diameter spanning 164 metres, the turbine to generates eight megawatts of power. This is no child’s pinwheel. In fact, it cranks out enough juice to power a whole neighbourhood.
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Inspector Robot Scales 90m Tall Wind Turbines
How do you inspect a wind turbine? It’s actually a pretty tedious process that takes around four hours and involves someone standing out in a field, stopping the turbine and photographing any problems through a powerful telephoto lens. To make it infinitely easier, GE made a Spider-Man-like wall-climbing robot.
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This Turbine Spun So Freaking Fast It Exploded
I’ve always found wind turbines to be hilarious, I mean, it just stands in the middle of nowhere, minding its own business, spinning peacefully. Not this exploded turbine though. This 100m tall, $US3 million(!) turbine spun itself so fast it EXPLODED IN FLAMES.
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This 3-inch Wearable Turbine Functions Just Like A Giant One
Oh, sweetie! You shouldn’t have! A box? For me? You remembered! Happy anniversary! I can’t wait to open it! What a pretty bow! Oh gosh! It’s.. it’s – Yes, that’s right, it’s a tri-blade, 30-part military grade titanium turbine assembly.