In a historic first, a US offshore wind farm delivers power to the grid
electrek.co
New York's South Fork Wind has become the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to generate power in the US.

a bunch more are being made

I want more of these in California

This wind farm generates 130-megawatt (MW)

  • Magician [he/him, they/them]
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    1 year ago

    You ever see one of the turbine blades up close? They're huge. At least the length of 1.5 semi trucks

    • Dingus_Khan [he/him, they/them]
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      1 year ago

      There is an amazing video of one on a loooong semi trailer trying to take a tight turn in a city that is very impressive

      • Dalek
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        1 year ago

        In Southampton and the Isle of Wight where they were being made they had to put them on special barges. The old Edwardian layout of the streets were too light.

    • Dalek
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      1 year ago

      Yep. A family member worked for Vestas. 30 feet at the time, though they make them much bigger now. They even have ways of recycling them but the UK government wont give them the right to open a processing plant.

  • Dalek
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    1 year ago

    We've got a few around the UK. They look amazing from the beach, like giants in a distance waving at us. On really windy days it powers our grid down here.