Guy AMAZED by the engineering of an Offshore Wind Farm | Guy Martin

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[verylongname]

As someone who is obsessed with the electricity grid, these videos satisfy my curiosity like nothing else on youtube. Really enjoy the series and hope to see more good content like this.

[Abelitokandie]

Guy Martin is a legend. Much love from Kenya 🇰🇪

[lukejay]

I've been fascinated by wind generation for as long as I can remember but I never thought I'd be able to work in the industry, as I was kicked out of school at 14.
Today, I'm watching this video from the wind farm in the Video! I'm working on the offshore substation seen at 2:30
Dreams CAN and do come true, no matter your background. if you want something, work for it, and it'll happen! I'm feeling blessed to finally be part of the industry and I'm hoping to work my way up to becoming a turbine installation engineer.

[gordonmackenzie]

We’ve had massive onshore wind farms in the Highlands of Scotland for nearly 40 years. They make really cheap power, not much over 5p a kilowatt. It’s quite windy here all year round. But we get the highest electricity bills in Europe because we live too far from London.

[bofty]

When the wind doesn’t blow you need storage, so build excess generation and store for the times it’s needed. That’s what you do 💯

[dronegeeks]

Awesome footage, gotta love Guy he's so wholesome!

[nxu]

Last year I worked here couple of weeks :D One of my best experience in my life. Love that windfarm and its amazing how huge is that :D

[ciaranburke]

Nice one guy often wondered how those things are built we have many of the coast of Ireland 👍

[palkvalvik]

Guy is a legend, just the coment: "wow what a hydraulic pump it must have" :-)

[DuncanJimmy]

It really is an absolutely extraordinary achievement. The only downside, as they say, is the lack of consistency. That said, these will continue generating power at night or on dark cloudy days, unlike solar. The key to making all of this work best is in the non-chemical storage of electricity, such as via gravity batteries, water pumped up to lakes above hydro-turbines, etc. Makes me proud to be human.

[RobotDrivingACar]

Question is though, how long do these last and can they then be recycled etc?

[Tacticuz]

Would love to work on an offshore wind farm

[markwilliams]

Did this job for 7 years much prefer my current job in a hydro power station

[Jamal_Tyrone]

Where is this Hole place the narrator mentioned?

[mikeskidmore]

They need to build one of these in Martha's Vinyard

[Timmym]

Can't they build hydro barriers between the wind turbines and plumb them straight into the same grid.

[gingernutpreacher]

What we going to do pumped hydro and that can be salt water it's not as if Scotland is flat

[ratatat]

Is the narrator actually Aidan Gillen or does he just think he is?

[bombercountyblues]

This is baffling to me.. we've got some of the most unpredictable weather in the world and we build wind and solar farms.. both weather dependent.. when as an island, were completely surrounded by the one source thats 100% reliable... the tides!

[exploringtheplanetsn]

Why any body thinks these things are more eco friendly is beyond me. They say the current path we our on isn’t sustainable. Well let me break to you folks neither is the one the greenies propose.