The Race to Build the World's Tallest Wind Turbine

The race is on to build the world's tallest wind turbine.

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[Samuel_J]

Those cluster turbines look really silly, but if they're as effective as 5 huge turbines and they don't have the same wing tip speed limitations (what with them being so much smaller) then probably more focus should be put on those.

[Peizxcv]

Vestas V236-15.0 MW was only the world's tallest wind turbine for less than a week. 6 days after it was completed, CSSC Haizhuang's new H260-18MW overtook it as the tallest and biggest wind turbine

[bananacabbage]

I am not convinced that the reason UK targets are not being met is because the turbines cannot be built fast enough. The UK government makes it very difficult to get permission for onshore turbines. Investors are also frustrated by waiting times and enormous fees to connect to the grid. It is always possible to build more turbines faster if the demand for them is there. Throttling the rate at which they can be installed is what limits the rate at which they can be built.

[Lemilano]

A roundabout in my city had to be reprofiled to make space for the transport of the blades of the Danish windmill. Absolutely massive pieces of technology.

[tdyerwestfield]

It doesn't help that the UK banned onshore wind farms in 2015. Now the current PM has a family business doing billion pound deals with fossil fuel companies, BP & Shell, "coincidently" 2 weeks before announcing 100 new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea.

[AntimatePcCustom]

as a dane growing up and still living in the rural west (very close to HQ of Vestas and almost as close to Siemens Gemesa) as the turbine has grown so has my fasination of them. close to where i live 2 210 meters windmills has been erected as test windmills. and must say i do sometimes stop just outside just to look up and reflect a little.

[sabinj]

5:52 I love the animation. They explain a lot in a simple way.

[switzerland]

3:10 stop blaming renewables to be only for climate change, they are cheaper and generally more available than fossil fuels too. It's not a charity anymore, it's simple economics.

[UkrainianBazooka]

I really enjoy building those 120m Vestas V150s! They're incredible platforms with a ton of awe inspiring engineering.

[liamcollinson]

I was a little surprised to learn that my city is thinking about installing 2 150 metre high wind turbines but i suppose we do have a Siemens factory here that makes them. It would appear they are working on 108 metre long blades now

[KingLuis]

learned something new. never know the windmills in the ocean were floating.

[mohawk]

In Denmark at "Vadehavet" there is a proposal to erect a new testcenter for windturbines up to 450 meters hight.. Its now on hold, but thats the size of windturbines for the future..

[cctindk]

At the Danish test centre in Thisted, North Jutland, a 450 m high windmill will soon go up.

[pjacobsen]

I notice several commenters lamenting that blades are made of resin, glass fiber and carbon fiber, and therefore not recyclable. This is a problem that needs to be solved, but where were all those critics when the conversation was about carbon fiber bicycles, sports cars, tennis rackets, helmets and a ton of other products? And where were they when the conversation was about small glass fiber boats and canoes, of which there are millions around the world? It's almost as if these critics don't like wind energy to begin with and are just looking for points of criticism. There are a multitude of products in use every day that contain materials that can't be recycled.

[Somanous]

Cutting edge construction used for a good purpose instead of mad billionaires' vanity megaprojects? Yes please!

[sprucegse]

It’s no surprise the blades are bigger than Big Ben, the bells only 7’6” high!

[TheTransporter]

So... what happens to turbine towers and blades after they complete their service life? 🤔

[j.t.]

What’s the plan for dealing with these turbines when they reach the end of their service life in 30 to 40 years from now?

[danross]

Future generations will be thankful for these efforts and achievements. 👏👏👏

[Suburp]

Great video as usual. However, we need to change policies. Most places in Bavaria now require a minimum distance of 4 ( I believe ) kilometers of distance to the closest settlement ( read: house) thus effectively prohibiting any new builds.